[706] in athena10
Re: "Other Options" xlogin button
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Abbott)
Fri Dec 5 17:38:21 2008
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:37:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>
cc: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>, athena10@mit.edu
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
>> c) Create a single button that runs a browser in "kiosk mode" (defined
>> however we want), and thus allows people to run the reg applet, access
>> the cluster map, access barton, and do all sorts of neat stuff.
>
> 3) If it's reasonable secure (or secure enough in combination with the
> snapshot technology we expect to use) then it is probably the right
> choice. This will also make random quickstations in the hallways
> more useful to anyone who happens to be walking by which is
> probably a feature, but could conceivably add more competition for
> these machines.
This would also have the side effect of solving the problem of prefrosh
during CPW needing someone to (e.g.) login them into Athena so they can
use a web browser to check their email.
-Tim Abbott
