-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Kwan Lowe" <kwan@digitalhermit.com>
> > My problem is with the mepis system because someone will shut the system down
> even
> > though I have taken all the Icons off the desktop except firefox so whoever
> does it
> > has to make an effort and it isn't just a mistake. What I would like is the
> system
> > to boot up into firefox and if they exit firefox it would start up again in 10
> > seconds. I don't even know if this is doable. Any ideas? TIA Maury
>
> A couple possibilities:
>
> 0) Don't even load a window manager. There's a linux-kiosk project that has
> hacked
> twm to load instead of the wm. Kill firefox and the X-server exits and respawns
> via
> inittab.
>
> 1) Remove execute permissions for /sbin/shutdown for group and other.
>
>
> --
> * The Digital Hermit http://www.digitalhermit.com
> * Unix and Linux Solutions kwan@digitalhermit.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
> Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
> posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
> official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
Thanks Kwan
I just went to google and took a quick look. It will probably work if I can wrap my 74 year old brain around it. <smile>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 19:43:34 EDT