Viper705

Q: Guest user account

Hello,

 

I'm setting up some Kiosk-style iMacs for our school library and I've basically have it all setup. I've customized my default profile so that when the guest account logs in all the settings I want are preset. We are using a guest account because after 5min of inactivity we want the account to log out automatically and delete all user data.

 

What I'm trying to do is prevent the Log-out warning box that pops up. I would like the system to just auto-log out without warning at the 5min mark.

 

Any way to stop this message?

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 7:17 AM

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  • by Massimo Lombardo,

    Massimo Lombardo Massimo Lombardo Sep 22, 2016 2:56 PM in response to Viper705
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:56 PM in response to Viper705

    I don't know if this is a good idea.

    1st: if the guest user is reading a text that is "longer" than 5 min, or playing chess with thinking > 5 min may have a bad experience.

    2nd: I think, that also without warning you cannot logout the guess user without the warning: "are sure you want to logout? If you logout all your data will be erased".

  • by Viper705,

    Viper705 Viper705 Sep 26, 2016 5:48 AM in response to Massimo Lombardo
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    Sep 26, 2016 5:48 AM in response to Massimo Lombardo

    That's actually exactly what we are looking for. This is going to be a lookup station for a library. We don't want them spending time reading articles or playing chess or anything like that. What I was hoping for was a way to force it to log out without the need to click anything in case they do, say, log into their emails or Facebook and then walk away. We need the account to be wiped as per our security policy.