Re: anyone knowledgeable enough pls help!
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Ron Rademaker wrote:
> For the starting of x-windows, I guess you could but startx in .login in
> the users home-dir.
> The netscape part it quite a bit more difficult ( I guess you can start it
> using .Xsession or something, but you'll have to check the docs of that
> for more info), the closing part, here the idea I got on that ( I can't
> provide it to you because I'm not good at c):
>
> Create a c-program that starts netscape and include signal.h that
> intercepts the SIGTERM, when the SIGTERM arrives the user is prompted for
> a password (netscape will be closed at that moment), if the
> password is correct, the program is terminated and netscape isn't running
> anymore, if the password is incorrect, netscape is restarted.
>
> Perhaps this can be of any help.
>
> Ron Rademaker
>
This here is absolutely wrong. The X11 system uses its own signals,
transported via TCP/IP. Clicking File->Quit is just like clicking any
other button. Netscape is responsible for handling the event, and it has
no reason to kill its parent if run by a system()-like function, or run by
exec*() function it will have its own signal-handling table. I have
written two small programmes (one for GTK, and one to call it and trap
signals). I can send them if you wish.
>
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Joseph de los Santos wrote:
>
> > I'm going out of my mind....
> >
> > when a user logs in a terminal this is what will happen:
> > -automatically starts x-window, all keybindings and or hotkeys will be
> > disabled, run netscape and it can't be closed without asking for the user's
> > password. Can a script be used for this? and anyone kind enough to show me?
> > Also, Maybe this can be done by adding/modifying xmodmap in the user's
> > .xinitrc? if so, how? any help with be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > btw, what's the difference between keycodes and keysyms?
> >
> > Thanks in advance :)
> >
> >
> >
>
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