[WEB4LIB] Menu Builders and Windows NT Workstation

jay jay at ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us
Tue Aug 10 16:14:34 EDT 1999


> Hello Everybody:

I didn't get the response that I wanted with the last post, so now I am
going to do it again in a slightly different form:

> I think that i have a handle on this, but I'd appreciate some input
> anyway:
>
> We currently use Ikiosk, Fortress and Surfwatch on our public access
> workstations.
>
> We are moving from Windoze 95 to NT Workstation (thank GOD!), and I am
> wondering if Ikiosk and Fortress will still be necessary. You see, we
> are going to use some menu policy program like PAM or WINU to restrict
> access to desktop and other items.
>
> We want:
>
> to restrict access to the hard drive; keep them from tampering with
> Netscape preferences; etc.
>
> With NT you can restrict access down to the file level. This would
> obviously include the files and folders necessary to change Netscape,
> right?  There will also be some applications that we will need to access
> remotely. I am almost certain that Windows NT Workstation will be up to
> the task for all of these things in conjuction with PAM or WinU.
>
> So, does anyone have any experience using PAM or WinU with Windows NT
> Workstation? The good, bad, and the ugly...please.
>
> Regards,
>
> JHF



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