Kiosk Mod settings in DebianEdu/Skolelinux 3.0 "terra"
DebianEdu Kiosk mode is defined by a /etc/kderc like this:
[Directories] userProfileMapFile=/etc/kde-user-profile [Directories-debian_edu_pupils] ProfileDescription=Debian-Edu Profile for pupils prefixes=/usr/share/debian-edu/students [Directories-debian_edu_root] ProfileDescription=Debian-Edu Profile for root prefixes=/usr/share/debian-edu/root
This file refers to /etc/kde-user-profile:
[General] groups=students,admins,root [Groups] students=debian_edu_pupils admins=debian_edu_root root=debian_edu_root
Together this means there are special profiles for students and admins:
students kde profile (enabled for members of the students file group)
- Avoid adept to startup during login (skolelinux bug: #1151)
- Make sure that students cannot start another kde session
- Disable possibility to gain root access for students
- Customize the students desktop with choosen icons for installed programs
- Make sure that the programs behind the desktop icons also show up in the kde panel
root kde profile (enabled for the root user and members of the admins file group)
- Add desktop icon to connect to the debian-edu web server to provide easy access to all the administration programs
Accordingly there is no special settings for teachers. In some settings the teachers role implies the students role (to embrace their access); in this case teachers are treated as students.
Modifying these settings is described in Desktop-Howto chapter of the release-manual.
Additionally these samples of how to use KDE Kiosk mode might give an idea on how to tweak the given settings.
/usr/share/debian-edu/students/share/config/kdesktoprc forces the KDE Version to 3.5.5 - settings for later versions are therefore locked! $i stands for "immutable" and indicates that personal changes will be ignored.
[$i] [Version] KDEVersionMajor=3 KDEVersionMinor=5 KDEVersionRelease=5
/usr/share/debian-edu/students/share/config/kdeglobals restricts root access and new sessions.
[KDE Action Restrictions][$i] start_new_session=false user/root=false
The next sample gives a Desktop icon for Stopmotion to (new) students. As there is no [$i] tag, users can remove the icon:
/usr/share/debian-edu/students/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop/stopmotion.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Name=Stopmotion Icon=stopmotion Encoding=UTF-8 Comment=Program to create stop-motion animations Exec=/usr/bin/stopmotion Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Application;Graphics;AudioVideo;Video;AudioVideoEditing;KDE;Qt MimeType=application/x-stopmotion