Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

From	Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: make system boot straight to browser connection
Date	2015-10-19 06:00 +0200
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 05:21:53PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> Quoting Richard Owlett (rowlett@cloud85.net):
> > I have 2 machines.
> > One is Squeeze with Gnome2 DE.
> > One is Jessie with Mate DE.
> > Desired user name to be "myexperiments" having a minimal set [TBD]
> > privileges.
> > Power on yields operating system.
> 
> Ok, that's clarified, I think, what you mean by DE. You want (I'm
> guessing) a machine to come up with its full Desktop Environment as if
> the user "myexperiments" had sat at the console and typed in their
> username and password.
> 
> I have no idea why you wrote "Power on yields operating system."
> (Unless you meant No BIOS Password and No Grub Password, so that
> linux itself boots when you power up.)

And that's the trivial part, the non trivial part is locking down the
browser and DE so that the rest of the system is inaccessible by the end
user.

I would search google about setting up a kiosk system.

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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

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make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 04:20 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 10:50 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2015-10-08 11:30 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-10-08 14:50 +0200
    Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-09 18:40 +0200
      Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 19:40 +0200
      Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 20:00 +0200
        Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 20:50 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-09 21:10 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 21:20 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 22:00 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 23:10 +0200
              Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 23:20 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 23:50 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-10 00:10 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-12 16:00 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-13 14:00 +0200
      Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-15 10:40 +0200
        spelling error in [Re: make system boot straight to browser connection] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-15 11:00 +0200
        Re: make system boot straight to browser connection ??? <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-15 11:20 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 11:40 +0200
        Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 02:50 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Martin Smith <lists@rakupottery.org.uk> - 2015-10-16 09:50 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 10:30 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 16:40 +0200
              Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-16 22:30 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 02:50 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-18 23:10 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-19 00:20 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-19 00:30 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 00:40 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-19 06:00 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 09:30 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-20 10:40 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-21 15:10 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-21 15:20 +0200
                Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 14:40 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 11:00 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:10 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-16 22:20 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 23:10 +0200
          Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-16 23:00 +0200
            Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 23:10 +0200
    Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-09 20:30 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-09 17:30 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 06:00 +0200
  Re: make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 01:40 +0200
    Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-17 02:10 +0200
    Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 09:30 +0200

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