[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 3045] New: Kiosk mode on per-user basis

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           Summary: Kiosk mode on per-user basis
           Product: Xfce
           Version: unknown
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Medium
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
        ReportedBy: tigerwolf at tigerden.com


A new enhancement would be bery nice: Kiosk mode on a per-user/account
basis...i.e. different users could have different setups/panels/etc. (just as a
normal user now can) but the setup would be lockable/unlockable for each user
account rather than having a single global kiosk setup.

Having such capability would be good for environments where a publicly open
terminal could used by different categories of users (e.g. engineering,
accounting, personnel, etc.) with each group-specific login (i.e. login as
engineering) presenting an XFCE session customized and locked-down for only the
types of thingsthose users need.

I've not pondered all the ways to do this, but the easist would be to let the
user account work as normal now, with info stored in the account .config,
possibly owned/writable only by a 'kiosk-admin' account.  Instead of being
global, kioskrc would be also stored in the individual account .config rather
than a single global one so that different levels of locking could be defined
per-user.  

For new account setup or changes by admin, iw tould only be necessary to turn
kiosk mode off for the account, log in as that user, make desired changes, then
re-invoke kiosk mode to lock things down.

Note that this differs from just chowning and making key files unalterable by
the user, because the 'option hiding' for panel properties, menu edite, etc,
tha t kiosk mode does must be retained.   Just protecting files from changes
would not accomplish the hiding of functions kiosk users shouldn't see.

Please consider this option.  If desired, I'll be happy to deploy it and help
provide feedback during development.

=^_^=  Tigerwolf


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