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However, after any restart, the Linux kiosks must have one file edited. Here are the instructions:
- Get on the correct network to enable your system remote access to the kiosks. Such as 1743. (1117 won't work!)
- 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.
- 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.
- Add two lines to file or edit as appropriate. On reboot, numbers change, hence need for this edit:
- 10.92.150.41 ktest.stockroom.chem.login.cornell.edu
- 10.92.150.41 kiosk.stockroom.chem.login.cornell.edu
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:
- Windows 10-based, with mKiosk/ Firefox s/w used: