From: sukhdeep sodhi (sukhdeepsodhi@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 13:18:49 CEST
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>From: "Vesa-Pekka Palmu" Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk To:
>mulinux@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: [little OT] Creating a public terminal
>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:13:08 +0300
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> > > > >2. Staring X at boot time and loggin the user in automatically,
>with > > > >very limited access of course. > > > > > > You will need to
>write your own startx script. > > > Basically, it needs to start the X
>server, > > > then start the X client like so: > > > echo "(xclient)" | su
>(user) > > > > This is prehaps the part where I need most help. As I think
>that the X needs root access to start (correct me if I'm wrong) and if I
>set the suid bit for the X client woundn't the user have root access for
>the rest of the session? Isn't there any way to use xdm and let it log the
>user in automatically? Or how about putting the logon instructions as
>backround image on the logon screen, it might also work. > > > > As I'm not
>too experienced with X srcipting and automation, could you please tell me
>also how to make a script that re-strats X if it dies (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
>for example) > > Last Weekend I installed a Mandrake 8.0 Linux, which was
>on a CD of a > computer magazine. The installation-tour of Mandrake 8.0 ask
>you for a > default account, which is automatically entered after system
>startup > (In X of course). > > I highly recommend to give Mandrake 8.0 a
>try, it is really easy to > install. Look at a newspaper kiosk for an
>magazine with a mandrake 8.0 > CD or download the iso-image from
>www.mandrake.com, you find the > download-button at the top of the page.
>(ps: the first cd fits your > needs!)
>
>Ok, I will give it a try, as I currently have a summer-job so I got
>broadband access (after my duties are done....) Registered Linux user
>number 189403 Registered Linux machines 83873 & 83874
>
>"We are the Windows. Your life as you knew it is over. Your biological and
>technological identities will be removed from our own. stability is
>irrelevant. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
>
>Vesa-Pekka Palmu AKA Depili E-mail: depili@sci.fi ICQ#: 12379430
>
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