Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 03:22:54 +0430 From: "Lee Harr" <missive@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internet kiosk style setup Message-ID: <BAY2-F6VhPx2g9AAlpA00005395@hotmail.com>
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>Can X / a window manager be run without a user login as an >interactive display or am I barking up the wrong tree? >(ie I dont want to have to add a winblows box just for the graphics. >And I wont be specing any system without serious BSD firewalling etc) > Not really. You can "auto log in" a particular user, and you can run a program of your choosing automatically (either with or without a window manager) but X needs to run as somebody (even if that somebody is nobody ;o) _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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