This is beta software which means it may still have bugs. If you have any problems with it, please let me know.
1.4b4 (05-Jan-99)
Ñ You can now disable the idle timer by entering 0 minutes.
Ñ The maximum idle time has been increased from 10 minutes to 60. Also, if an invalid value (i.e., < 0 or > 60) is entered, Kiosk will set the value to the default 5 minutes (as before) but will now add an error entry to the log file if error logging is enabled.
Ñ Items in Kiosk Admin's "messages" list are no longer displayed twice.
Ñ Added "Log In Items" and "Log Out Items" feature.
Ñ Fixed bug where Kiosk would not automatically log out when user quit all applications but there were background only applications still running.
Ñ Fixed bug where ControlStrip wasn't always Hiding/Enabling correctly on PPC systems.
Ñ Kiosk's menus are now disabled if Kiosk is not in the "normal" state (where a user is logged in and working and hasn't logged out, etc.). Let me know if this causes problems.
Ñ Kiosk ignores log out, shut down, and restart AppleEvents if it is not in the "normal" state.
Ñ Added a "current user" AppleEvent to Kiosk.
Ñ Fixed bug where Kiosk displayed empty strings instead of the custom messages from Kiosk Admin.
1.4b3 (13-Dec-99)
Ñ Fixed version numbers of 1.4.x releases which should have been 1.4bx. Sorry for any confusion. Also, from now on, all of the various Kiosk pieces will have the same version number, even if there were no changes since the last release.
Ñ Kiosk Admin now works around what looks like a bug in some versions of the Appearance Manager where the checkbox in a group box (e.g., the "Use Log File" box) sometimes gets disabled.
Ñ Added 3 AppleScript commands to Kiosk: log out, shutdown, and restart.
Ñ Kiosk package now includes a small Log Out application. Note the fancy icon.
Ñ Kiosk no longer immediately cancels and shuts down (or restarts) when the "Auto Shut Down/Restart" option is enabled.
Ñ Fixed bug where Kiosk would handle background only apps incorrectly when quitting all apps, e.g., when logging out. BG only apps should not be forced to quit but sometimes they were.
Ñ Removed the "No" button on warnings when attempting to save and there are problems, e.g., no default app. Now the only responses are Yes and Cancel.
Ñ Saving when quitting Kiosk Admin should now actually continue to quit the application.
Ñ Auth Tester has been updated to use the current authentication source code from Kiosk.
Ñ Choosing an auth plug-in in Kiosk Admin now sets the prefs file as modified even if the name is the same.
Ñ Fixed bug where when Kiosk Admin warns user about a problem resolving the default/guest application, but is able to find it based on the sig (and sets the value in the window) but thinks the value is clear when saving.
Ñ Fixed bug where Kiosk Admin would sometimes save an invliad alias for the guest application if no guest application was specified.
Ñ You can now press the return/enter/escape key to cancel the "idle restart" warning.
Ñ Kiosk now hides the Control Strip (if visible) and disables its hot key while the authentication dialog is active. It restores them after the user is authenticated.
1.4b2 (17-Nov-99)
Ñ Fixed bug where Kiosk Admin would not create a new preferences file.
Ñ Save/Save As menus are enabled correctly.
Ñ When Kiosk Admin is first launched, it will look for a Kiosk Preferences file in the current Preferences folder, and if it exists, automatically open it. Otherwise it will ask user to open a different file.
Ñ Kiosk Admin will now warn user if saving the file without a Default Application specified. (Kiosk will not work without it.)
Ñ Kiosk Admin warns you when opening a file and it is unable to resolve the alias to the Default/Guest Application/Document or HD Updater.
1.4b1 (10-Nov-99)
Ñ Kiosk Admin PPC now "weak links" AppearanceLib so you should not get the Finder's alert if the Appearance Mgr is not installed.
Ñ Fixed bug in Kiosk that allowed normal users to log in as admin when the auth plug-in was set to "Don't Authenticate" (after holding down the option key force the login dialog).
Ñ Added "Auto Shut Down/Restart" feature.
Ñ Added "Run Startup Items" feature. It does not run Shutdown Items.
Ñ Added a bypass password confirmation field. This must match the bypass password for preferences to be saved.
Ñ Kiosk Admin now warns you if there are no admins specified when attempting to close the window rather than when writing the preferences. This allows you to cancel the close/quit and add an admin.
Ñ You can now open prefs files other than the default.
Ñ The "Set Startup Program" feature has been moved out of the regular preferences dialog and into its own menu/dialog.
Ñ Changed the way the auth plug-in is chosen.
Ñ Added a few warning messages when closing/quitting.
Ñ Kiosk Admin now checks to see if At Ease installed and if so, will not change the startup program.
Ñ Resized alerts for non-Appearance Mgr Macs so users can now see the full explanation text.
1.4b (30-Aug-99)
Ñ First public release.
Ñ Several alert messages are now stored in prefs rather than hard coded or stored in resources. The login prompt has moved to the messages pref panel.
Ñ Can now import/export permitted applications to/from a text file.
Ñ Kiosk will not run in admin mode if the Finder is the default application (unless the user is a real admin, of course).
Ñ Setting the Finder as the default app no longer "un-blesses" the system folder when launched by a non-admin (on System 7.6.1).
Ñ Admins and bypass password are stored as hex in the pref file. Old binary prefs will be read in but Kiosk Admin will write out the new hex prefs.
Ñ You can now force Kiosk to display the login dialog when the "Don't Authenticate" pseudo plug-in is selected. This allows you to log in as an admin with the bypass password.
Ñ Now checks for volOnLinErr when receiving a disk inserted event so DIBadMount() won't be called. This seems to only be happening with Mac OS 8.5 or so.
Ñ Programs are now "fat", i.e., both native PPC and 68K.
Ñ Added log file support.
Ñ Can now permit all applications for authenticated users, guest, or both.
Ñ Auth plug-ins can now use their own ID/password dialogs (specified by a flag in the KioskAuthPlugInDesc resource). Note that doing so may disable some features of the built in dialog, such as recognizing the bypass password and pseudo users (shutdown, restart, and updatehd).
Ñ Added auth plug-ins AuthMan (uses UMich's Authentication Manager) and Mount AppleShare.
Ñ If an admin cancels as shutdown or restart, Kiosk returns to the normal state rather than the quit state thus avoiding the "Finder must be running first" warning.
Ñ If "Don't authenticate" is enabled and the user has always been idle since the default application has started up (i.e., there really is no user there) the "idle warning" is not displayed. This avoids needlessly resetting the Mac every 5 minutes.
Ñ Changing auth plug-in within Kiosk Admin now flags prefs as modified so now asks if prefs should be saved. Before, if you changed only plug-in but nothing else, quitting Admin would quit without saving prefs.
