Need Little IT advice Here...

[Nathaniel McCallum]

xguest is the way to do this because it involves much more than simply
wiping the hard drive. xguest also locks down the account with selinux
so that the vector for attacks is quite minimal.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:21 AM, Dave Quigley <selinux at davequigley.com> wrote:
> You should look into the xguest package on Fedora. It provides a
> sandboxed user which gets wiped on logout. If you need to add more tools
> for the guest to use I'd suggest contacting Dan Walsh for additional
> help since he is the maintainer.
>
> Dave
>
> On 8/11/2011 11:58 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote:
>> Hi, I was Wondering if there was a tool for Linux in general
>> that let me undo the system changes at reboot or something
>> like that, For example:
>>
>> I want to set a standard configuration in a machine and then
>> let that machine to be used by many users, but as soon as
>> the user Log Out (preferably in that moment)
>> I want the machine to undo all the possible
>> changes the user may have done while he/she was using it.
>>
>> I've seen this behavior on Windows Machines in Schools and Offices,
>> and I know it has something to do about a server controlling all the
>> individual computers but I want to apply that behavior to a Single Linux
>> computer without having the server in the middle...
>>
>> If there's not a "General Linux Tool" I would like to Know wich
>> distro and desktop enviroment are the best choice to get this done,
>> using what tools,
>>
>> P.S. it's like... Having a customized "LiveCD Behavior" but with
>> the system installed, so if I need to do changes, I can ensure I can
>> do them without many problems, and then "Lock the system" again...
>>
>> Hope somebody knows,
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
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