-headless and blocking users from modifying things

Ned Konz ned at bike-nomad.com
Fri Aug 2 03:08:42 UTC 2002


On Thursday 01 August 2002 07:33 pm, Rob Whitfield wrote:
> I have a server app that I run with the -headless command line
> option. The problem is that on NT (at least) this results in teh
> squeak icon being placed in the system tray.  If the user clicks
> the icon in the system tray then squak expands, exposing the user
> to the whole squeak UI.  Is there a way to lock users out from
> doing ANYTHING in the squeak UI?  Password protection perhaps?
>
> If there is nothing straightforward that can be done I may need to
> build headless VMs for my various platforms (NT, Mac OSX, Mac OS9).

From the Swiki (under FAQ: Headless Image) at
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1111

On WindowsNT: 

Create a service by executing at the prompt: 
c:\squeak\squeak.exe -memory: 4 -log: "C:\Squeak\vm.log" -service: "Swiki" "C:\Squeak\SwikiSqueak.image"

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