Tutorial: Creating a GMail user (kiosk)

matthewbauer · 2009-09-30 22:21:08

Sometimes it's nice to have a gmail user to give users without accounts on your computer a quick way to access their gmail account (this can be easily modified to use Yahoo or any other service) this is easy as Linux is so configurable.

#!/bin/sh
sudo useradd -p password gmail
sudo pacman -S ratpoison
yaourt -S uzbl-git
cd /home/gmail
echo "exec ratpoison" > .xinitrc
echo "exec uzbl-browser google.com/mail" > .ratpoisonrc
mkdir -p .config/uzbl
echo "set always_insert_mode = 1" > .config/uzbl/config

And that should be it, you can now login with your login manager as gmail with the password: password and go straight to your gmail.

You can replace google.com/mail with another website such as:
eyeos.info
google.com/reader
yahoo.com/mail
google.com/docs
google.com/calendar
zoho.com

Also can anyone tell me how to add a user with no password?

Last edited by matthewbauer (2009-12-01 05:02:27)

smartboyathome · 2009-09-30 23:28:03

matthewbauer wrote:

Sometimes it's nice to have a gmail user to give users without accounts on your computer a quick way to access their gmail account (this can be easily modified to use Yahoo or any other service) this is easy as Linux is so configurable.
#!/bin/sh
sudo useradd -p password gmail
sudo pacman -S ratpoison
yaourt -S uzbl-git
cd /home/gmail
echo "exec ratpoison" > .xinitrc
echo "exec uzbl google.com/mail" > .ratpoisonrc
mkdir -p .config/uzbl
echo "set always_insert_mode = 1" > .config/uzbl/config
And that should be it, you can now login with your login manager as gmail with the password: password and go straight to your gmail.
Also can anyone tell me how to add a user with no password?

This will be very useful for me in the future, but not for the use it was intended for here. Thanks for posting it.

Isengrin · 2009-09-30 23:35:34

Thanks. = D

I've always hated to have people with access to my account, my browser, etc. when they need to check mail. Problem solved. xD

securitybreach · 2009-10-11 23:11:18

Nice. I do not think I will have a use for it since noone uses my machines but still very neat, Great job!!!!

Thanks

Last edited by securitybreach (2009-10-11 23:13:57)

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#1 2009-09-30 22:21:08

Tutorial: Creating a GMail user (kiosk)

#2 2009-09-30 23:28:03

Re: Tutorial: Creating a GMail user (kiosk)

#3 2009-09-30 23:35:34

Re: Tutorial: Creating a GMail user (kiosk)

#4 2009-10-11 23:11:18

Re: Tutorial: Creating a GMail user (kiosk)

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