Setting up Mac to be used in public
Need to do:
Upon auto login as a pre-configured user, I need a script that will...
1. Kill Dock and Finder
2. Open Opera in Kiosk mode and go to our internal authentication page.
3. Upon successful authentication, the browser will close and the original script will continue
4. The script will enable Dock and run Finder
5. Result is that the user will have access to the Mac OS desktop and apps.
We already have the web auth page setup and is already running so that a successful auth, the java script will tell the browser to close. This is not a problem with Opera.
Problem is how to run a local script to start up the browser kill Dock and Finder and then re-open Dock and Finder afterwards.
I have 2 options:
1. If anyone can help with how I can achieve this, please let me know and I will try to figure it out on my end here.
2. We are willing to pay for a Mac expert to create this script and help us get this running. We are a University in BC (canada). If interested, please leave me your email and phone (optional).
Thanks in advance.
Start with http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2400 For more information, go to http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&locale=en_US&q= and search for kiosk. Do note that when you kill the Finder and Dock, they automatically respawn.
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