general question about banners
Hello all, In an attempt to prosecute unauthorized users who improperly use government computers, we are required to have a warning banner displayed before any user can login, in my case to Linux workstations. Is there a way to do that in SuSE. I know /etc/motd and/or /etc/issue could be used for network access but what about something like a window displaying the warning message with an "I ACCEPT" button right in front of graphical logon screen? Any tips... -- Best wishes, Alberto +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Alberto Santana, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez P.O. Box 9019 Phone: (787) 832-4040 x3760 Mayaguez PR 00681-9019 http://www.uprm.edu/~asantana +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Powered by SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 (http://www.suse.com)
On September Wednesday 21 2005 8:36 pm, Alberto Santana wrote:
Hello all,
In an attempt to prosecute unauthorized users who improperly use government computers, we are required to have a warning banner displayed before any user can login, in my case to Linux workstations. Is there a way to do that in SuSE. I know /etc/motd and/or /etc/issue could be used for network access but what about something like a window displaying the warning message with an "I ACCEPT" button right in front of graphical logon screen?
Any tips... -- You could try control Center -> System Administration -> Login Manager IIRC there is a place to change the greeting if you want, that would be an appropriate place to put that stuff I should think.
YMMV,
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Alberto Santana, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez P.O. Box 9019 Phone: (787) 832-4040 x3760 Mayaguez PR 00681-9019 http://www.uprm.edu/~asantana +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Powered by SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 (http://www.suse.com)
-- j registered linux user #363029
Since the actual warning message is more than a few lines long, changing the greeting would be inappropriate.
You could try control Center -> System Administration -> Login Manager IIRC there is a place to change the greeting if you want, that would be an appropriate place to put that stuff I should think.
YMMV,
-- Best wishes, Alberto +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Alberto Santana, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez P.O. Box 9019 Phone: (787) 832-4040 x3760 Mayaguez PR 00681-9019 http://www.uprm.edu/~asantana +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Powered by SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 (http://www.suse.com)
On Thursday 22 September 2005 04:43, Alberto Santana wrote:
Since the actual warning message is more than a few lines long, changing the greeting would be inappropriate.
I can only see two options for you. Either create a custom background that contains the warning text, and use it as background for kdm. You can then position the login window so it looks good relative to the text. The other option is if you really want a click-through "license" agreement. In this case, you will have to get a developer to change kdm, because there is no support for that now. It wouldn't be difficult, I would expect a decent developer would be able to put up such a window in an hour or two (An experienced KDE developer would probably only need 10 minutes.) But right now, that kind of click-through screen doesn't exist in kdm or any of the other login managers that I know of for Linux
Alberto, On Wednesday 21 September 2005 17:36, Alberto Santana wrote:
Hello all,
In an attempt to prosecute unauthorized users who improperly use government computers, we are required to have a warning banner displayed before any user can login, in my case to Linux workstations. Is there a way to do that in SuSE. I know /etc/motd and/or /etc/issue could be used for network access but what about something like a window displaying the warning message with an "I ACCEPT" button right in front of graphical logon screen?
Use one of the commands dialog, kdialog or Xdialog to present the dialog you require. They can be given labelled buttons and you can test that the required button was clicked. You can put the pertinent invocation into /etc/bash.bashrc, /etc/csh.cshrc and / or /etc/zshrc (and the system-wide start-up script for any and all shell in use on your system).
Any tips... ... Alberto Santana, Ph.D.
Randall Schulz
participants (4)
-
Alberto Santana -
Anders Johansson -
jfweber＠bellsouth.net -
Randall R Schulz