Chapter 10. Restricting the session to a single application

Procedure

1. Install the GNOME Kiosk packages:

   # dnf install gnome-kiosk gnome-kiosk-search-appliance

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2. At the GNOME login screen, select Search Appliance Session from the gear button menu and log in as the single-application user.
3. The Mozilla Firefox browser opens as a full-screen window in its kiosk mode. It shows the Google search page.

Procedure

1. Install the GNOME Kiosk packages:

   # dnf install gnome-kiosk gnome-kiosk-script-session

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2. At the GNOME login screen, select Kiosk Script Session from the gear button menu and log in as the single-application user.

3. The gedit text editor opens as a full-screen window. It shows the shell script that configures which application runs in your single-application session.

   Edit the shell script and enter the application that you want to start in the single-application session.

   For example, to start the Mozilla Firefox browser, enter the following content:

   #!/usr/bin/sh
   
   firefox --kiosk https://example.org

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4. Save the script file.

5. Close the gedit window.

   The session terminates and restarts with your selected application.

6. The next time you log into the single-application session, your selected application runs.