How to restrict user newbie quest

[walterNai]

Hello
well I installed Unbutu and want to make use of itas
a kiosk for internet users at our Showing room

I make a User but I don't really figure exact what to do to restrict user
from some programs and of course from changing the machine

so what to rezd or where to start?
thank you

[rokytnji]

If they don't know your password they won't be able to install anything. You are the administrator and a user doesn't have admin rights in Linux.

[rokytnji]

Take a look at this if you wish to harden the system even more

Shadows of epiphany Blog Archive How to restrict access with rbash

Managing users in Ubuntu

[walterNai]

Ok I'm reading this links now

i Saw my user is restricted but I notify thath the terminal is in enable
and I want to disable this but the window menu don't let me change anithing because i'm at this account a "user" .

There is somthing like "run as" to run as admin at the user account?

thank you again

[L4Linux]

Also take a look at the Linux Kiosk Project.

[walterNai]

I didn't find nothing really new

I found my user a little restricted but in user properties I have few restrictions i can make

My user can use the MENU and i don't want every user change the menu ?
I'm also unable to delete items from the menu I don't know users can join the terminal program .

I also have an authorization that I don't realy know all about but I can change something

I just no realize how and what i'm changing with each program

I also have a configuration editor that don't really know what and how ?
HELP?

[Bemk]

If the users are using a separate account (make one with

 add user [u_name]

) and you haven't given them the rights, and you haven't given them the password, they just can't do really much.

Linux works a little different from Windows. Well just skip that "a little". Linux uses user rights while Windows pretty much makes you an admin by default. You need root rights to be able to change something on your system. As long as you don't give the users your root password, you'll be pretty much okay.