UNC Linux Users Group

[Brian Payst <brian_payst AT unc.edu>]

After some debate with myself (very entertaining) I left 
crt+alt+backspace just for that reason. If one gets hung on some odd web 
site, just kill the X server and you're back within 5-10 seconds.

We've just the 5 you see there, but I've got plans for at least one more 
and I think eventually we'll put more in various places in the Union 
(there certainly are enough ports in there) and maybe other locations. 
The nice part is adding a kiosk just involves plugging it's MAC into the 
server configs, a couple account tweaks and we're off.

I should also throw out a thanks to Jeff Bollinger who helped me 
troubleshoot some IPTables issues on the fly during the initial set-up.

John W. Sopko Jr. wrote:

> Nice! I went over to the Union and checked it out, the systems are very
> responsive. I hope you do not mind I did a ctrl-alt-backspace to reset X 
> and convince myself they were running Xfree86. They reset fast with no 
> problems.
>
> How many have you deployed?
>
> Brian Payst wrote:
>
> > They seem to have survived the first couple of days of student 
> > onslaught so I thought I'd spread the word. The new Internet kiosks in 
> > the renovated Union may look like typical Dell Windows machines, but 
> > they are actually Linux Terminal Server Project (www.ltsp.org) clients 
> > booting from the network and loading a scaled-down icewm window 
> > manager and a locked-down Mozilla Firebird. The Windows infected hard 
> > drives are disabled in the BIOS and will probably eventually be removed.
> >
> > Just thought the Linux inclined on campus would like to know. If 
> > anyone wants more information on any parts of that set-up, feel free 
> > to ask and I'll do my best to sound coherent.
> >
> > Brian

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Brian Payst, MS
Director of Technology & Systems Support
Division of Student Affairs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
voice: (919) 962-1469 fax: (919) 962-5241