On 10 Jul 2008, at 13:11, Dave Patten wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am about to install some Macs in an exhibition at the Science Museum
> (the first Macs we have used for about 8 years!) and am looking for
> advice
> on the best way to lock the computers down so that the public can only
> access the exhibit program and that if the program crashes that they
> have
> no access to the underlying operating system and filing system. I know
> their are a number of ways of doing this and I just wondered what
> peoples
> expereinces were - how do you do this and why do you do it in a
> particular
> way.
> The Macs are running Flash and Director based applications under OSX
> 10.5
> (Leopard) and are controlled via a tocuhscreen.
I assume you've worked through this:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2062.html
see also:
http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html
which will imbue Safari with Kiosk mode
Are the macs using standard keyboards or housed in kiosks or something
else?
we generally use something like these for added security:
http://www.amplicon.co.uk/IPC/product/Rugged-Kiosk-3737.cfm
the fewer function keys the better!
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