[outkafe] Measures to avoid bypassing the outkafe interface on ubuntu 7.10 / gnome

Hi list

I’m running an internetcafé using outkafe and linux ubuntu 7.10 which is
using gnome as desktop interface.

I experienced problems with customers who are using keyboard shortcuts
to bypass the outkafe interface. There are some measures you can take to
avoid misuse of that kind. I would like to share some of the measures
with the list.

I recommend the installation of a window manager like devilspie. You
will find more information about it in this forum and on the website of
devilspie.

I recommend to deactivate all keyboard shortcuts in the user profile.
Popular keyboard shortcuts for bypassing outkafe are f. e. ctrl-alt-esc
or alt-f9. You can deactivate many keyboard shortcuts under system ->
preferences -> keyboard shortcuts. Some keyboard shortcuts remain
active! You can verify the settings with gconf-editor. You can launch it
using a terminal. Go to /apps/metacity and remove remaining keyboard
shortcuts.

User keyboard shortcuts are stored in ~/.gconf/apps/metacity. If you
copy this folder on every client you can save some time.

I also changed access rights to the app which is allowing changes of
keyboard shortcuts. “chmod 754 /user/bin/gnome-keybinding-properities”
will do in most cases I guess.

I hope, these measures are helping some of the users of outkafe!
Outkafe is cool!

Kind regards,
Roman