<div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>We've got a question that I hope can be answered here. We're currently running </div> <div>Koha on a Debian Linux PC. This PC is dedicated for patron use in the Library</div> <div>and is usually unattended most of the time.</div> <div> </div> <div>The problem we're having is that kids are constantly using this machine for playing </div> <div>games and web surfing. I'd like to lock down this PC so that it is used only for Koha. </div> <div>I've tried firewall rules to prevent general web browsing but apparently this can be </div> <div>defeated (how they do it I don't know). I've tried deleting the games links in the Linux </div> <div>desktop start menu but there is always the Terminal window that can be opened up</div> <div>to run programs.</div> <div> </div> <div>How can I set up this dedicated PC so that it can ONLY run Koha? This would mean </div> <div>disabling all options to execute everything other than Koha
(via the web browser) and the </div> <div>option to log off/shut down/restart.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ideally, what I would like is to have a default user profile in Linux that, when logged in, </div> <div>would only allow Koha to run and nothing else. I could envision this as no icons on </div> <div>the Desktop or Panels and nothing in the Start menu except the Log Out or Shutdown</div> <div>choices. Koha would automatically start up on the web browser when this login profile </div> <div>is started. If I can get a user profile to do this, then I can have another user profile for </div> <div>Library staff to use that has a "normal" Linux desktop.</div> <div> </div> <div>Has anyone done this sort of thing in Linux? I'm willing to move to another distro if</div> <div>it is available elsewhere.</div> <div> </div> <div>I've also heard from a few years back that Linux firewalls (I am using GuardDog) cannot </div> <div>have user-specific profiles as
Linux only supported a single firewall profile for all users. </div> <div>Has this situation changed more recent releases of Linux?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for your help,<BR>Lee</div><p> 
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