On restart, "hosts" file must be re-edited. Here's how.

Context

The Stockroom kiosks need to allow only browser access. Thus, they are configured to run as "just kiosks", using OS and software configurations to make this happen.

Kiosks running Linux

  • These are the two kiosks located in the Stockroom itself.

Michael Hint found a Linux OS (distro/ name?!) providing a good kiosk-like environment which was better than what we accomplished with Windows.

However, after any restart, the Linux kiosks must have one file edited. Here are the instructions:

  1. Get on the correct network to enable your system remote access to the kiosks. Such as 1743. (1117 won't work!)
  2. SSH as root to the kiosks ( as-chm-dept-05.ad.cornell.edu, as-chm-dept-06.ad.cornell.edu ) using the r password
    • PuTTY works great for this.
  3. Use mcedit ( vi editor not available ) to edit /etc/hosts file
    • Useful commands: "ls -a", "cd ../" or simply "cd /etc", "mcedit hosts", "exit".
    • In mcedit, can use mouse to save/ exit.
  4. Add  two lines to file or edit as appropriate. On reboot, numbers change, hence need for this edit:

Once saved, the kiosks immediately should pickup the change.

Info on one Linux distro

The command "uname -r" gives me "4.4.36-kiosk". Searching that tells me it thus might be:

Porteus Kiosk Edition: An edition of Porteus which has been restricted to allow public users access to only the web browser. A perfect fit for kiosks and other publicly available web terminals.

See also

Kiosk running Windows (to be converted to run Linux, above!)

  • This is the one kiosk located in the NMR space which used to be Protein.

Oliver's notes, from inspecting it:

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