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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
   
   • Can use mouse to save/ exit.
   • 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:

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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.

• http://porteus-kiosk.org/
  • http://porteus-kiosk.org/wizard.html
• http://forum.porteus.org/viewforum.php?f=100

See also

• http://tuxdiary.com/2014/11/05/linux-distros-for-kiosks/

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

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