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A few folks have been trying to get a Kiosk mode browser working. Whether for an actual "Kiosk" or for access to a web based application, this can be rather handy. I thought that I'd post how I've been doing it lately.

A kiosk web browser can also be handy for delivering access to Secure Global Desktop applications from Sun Rays. I have included a few additional steps to make the SGD experience better.

Install firefox in /opt:
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Download the latest firefox from
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/2.0.0.12/contrib/solaris_tarball/
Unzip firefox to /opt/firefox

Install and Configure Kiosk extensions:
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Download the two kiosk XPI's from
https://www.mozdevgroup.com/dropbox/jslib/signed/jslib_current_signed.xpi
http://brooklynmuseum.mozdevgroup.com/install/xpi/signed/bmakiosk_current-ff-generic_signed.xpi

Put them in /opt/firefox/bma
    mkdir /opt/firefox/bma

You will need ssh -X or be on the console to perform the remaining pieces

Register the Components
    /opt/firefox/firefox -install-global-extension /opt/firefox/bma/jslib_current_signed.xpi (If you get an error, try it again.)
    /opt/firefox/firefox -install-global-extension /opt/firefox/bma/bmakiosk_current-ff-generic_signed.xpi

Create a URL whitelist file.. /opt/firefox/whitelist
    allowed[sgdserver.domain.com, ALL];

Start the Kiosk extension admin GUI:
    /opt/firefox/firefox -kiosk admin
    Enter "admin" as the password
    Set the home page
    Tick With Titlebar
    Click the Filters Tab
        Click Enable Filters
        Put /opt/firefox/whitelist in the text box
    Click the Sessions Tab
        un-set the inactive timeout
    Click the Customize Tab
        un-tick tabbed browsing
        un-tick print button, zoom controls, save button, logout button
    Click OK

Set up the Java Plugin for x64
    ln -s /usr/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/firefox/plugins/.

Set up the Java Plugin for Sparc

ln -s /usr/java/jre/plugin/sparc/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /opt/firefox/plugins/.

Configure Kiosk Mode:
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Create a kiosk application called Secure Global Desktop
    vi /etc/opt/SUNWkio/applications/firefox.conf

KIOSK_APP_EXEC=/opt/firefox/firefox
KIOSK_APP_ARGS="-kiosk"
KIOSK_APP_LABEL="Firefox Kiosk"
KIOSK_APP_ICON=/opt/firefox/icons/mozicon50.xpm
KIOSK_APP_DESCRIPTION="Launch Firefox"

Set up Kiosk mode to launch a JDS 3 session
Add the Firefox application as AUTO start to the JDS 3 session.

SGD Integration:
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If you are looking to point the browser at SGD, you will want to also make the following changes.

• Set the home page to your SGD URL (http://sgd.domain.com/sgd/)

• Add this line to your firefox.conf

KIOSK_APP_PROTOTYPE=sgd

• To speed up initialization, remove Java cert approval, and remove SGD connection approval

As root launch tarantella and login. Accept java and tarantella conenction warning.

mkdir /etc/opt/SUNWkio/prototypes/sgd
cp -r ~/.tarantella to /etc/opt/SUNWkio/prototypes/sgd/
mkdir -p /etc/opt/SUNWkio/prototypes/sgd/.java/deployment/security
cp ~/.java/deployment/security/trusted.certs /etc/opt/SUNWkio/prototypes/sgd/.java/deployment/security/