From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 13:25:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0199B16A4C8 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:25:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M.Apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52DE543D55 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:25:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from M.Apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:25:06 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8IDPKSR010426 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:25:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to m.apitz@oclcpica.org using -f Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:25:20 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060918132520.GA8117@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Sep 2006 13:25:06.0857 (UTC) FILETIME=[DB71A990:01C6DB25] Subject: FreeBSD as a kiosk system for reading/writing e-mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:25:37 -0000 Hello, Does someone has an idea about this: - login as user 'kiosk' into FreeBSD and getting a desktop in (for example KDE); - launch a graphical MUA (for example Kmail, or a browser) which supports more than one identity, let's say , and so on, and each user must somehow authenticate itself for the usage of its identity, at least by typing in the password for this identity; - the MUA is fetching by POP3 or IMAP the mail from some host or the underlaying FreeBSD, but they don't get mixed-up with the mails of the other identities in the folders of the MUA; The background idea is just to use the desktop, i.e. loged in once, as a kiosk for reading/writing mails of a group of people. Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://guru.UnixLand.de/