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Kiosk Mode

#1 Post by renzo » 2011-03-06 17:39

I have been trying to sort through the forums to find out how to get FZ to stop saving passwords. So I found "change kiosk mode to 1."

I would expect this to be in the config section of FZ - but Nooooooo.

So I cleared all previous connections. edited filezilla.xml kiosk now "1". opened FZ. connected. closed FZ. opened FZ. password is still stored. This is a problem.

plus

how do I limit the time of an inactive session?

thanks

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#2 Post by boco » 2011-03-06 20:14

So I cleared all previous connections. edited filezilla.xml kiosk now "1". opened FZ. connected. closed FZ. opened FZ. password is still stored. This is a problem.
I just tested, inserted

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        <Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting>
into filezilla.xml, and FileZilla switched to kiosk mode. Alternatively, use fzdefaults.xml (see fzdefaults.xml.example in the docs subdirectory).
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Re: Kiosk Mode

#3 Post by renzo » 2011-03-06 22:09

Right. I did just that, as reported in the last post.

here is the relevant portion of filezilla.xml


found in
C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]\Application Data\FileZilla

<Setting name="Config Location">C:\Documents and Settings\mrozner\Application Data\FileZilla</Setting>
<Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting>
<Setting name="Disable update check">0</Setting>

and after I close, then reopen FZ, I can go to any of the 4 prior sites in "QUICKCONNECT" and connect without typing any password.

I have ensured that only one copy of filezilla.xml resides in my computer

So what am I doing wrong?

When should FZ ask for a password?

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#4 Post by botg » 2011-03-06 22:15

Is the password still being saved after creating a new entry in the history?

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#5 Post by renzo » 2011-03-06 22:37

yes. it appears to be intact and in real text in "recentservers.xml"

I cleared all 4 private data boxes in "edit-clear_private_data"
I signed onto my FTP server
I looked at recentservers.xml


i put in the XXXXXX where I did not want to disclose
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<FileZilla3>
<RecentServers>
<Server>
<Host>upload.xxxxxxx.net</Host>
<Port>21</Port>
<Protocol>0</Protocol>
<Type>0</Type>
<User>XXXXXXXX</User>
<Pass>XXXXXXXX</Pass>
<Logontype>1</Logontype>
<TimezoneOffset>0</TimezoneOffset>
<PasvMode>MODE_DEFAULT</PasvMode>
<MaximumMultipleConnections>0</MaximumMultipleConnections>
<EncodingType>Auto</EncodingType>
<BypassProxy>0</BypassProxy>
</Server>
</RecentServers>
</FileZilla3>
so FZ appears to continue to make these entries.

I did not restart my computer after changing filezilla.xml.

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#6 Post by boco » 2011-03-06 23:22

Open the Site Manager and try to create an entry with Logontype ''Normal'' or ''Account''. If that succeeds, then FileZilla is not running in kiosk mode (Normal and Account logotypes are not available in this mode).
how do I limit the time of an inactive session?
Such limits are set by the server.
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Re: Kiosk Mode

#7 Post by renzo » 2011-03-06 23:34

Open the Site Manager and try to create an entry with Logontype ''Normal'' or ''Account''.

well, it allows me. So this is not the kiosk mode. but kiosk mode is set in filezilla.xml

Computer has 5 "users" -
ALL
Default
Administrator
HH
MR (this is me - i am administrator

only one filezilla.xml - in my account
only one entry for "kiosk mode"

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<Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting>
so

what do you suppose it the problem?

  • FileZilla Client
    ----------------

    Version: 3.3.5.1

    Build information:
    Compiled for: i586-pc-mingw32msvc
    Compiled on: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
    Build date: 2010-11-21
    Compiled with: i586-mingw32msvc-gcc (GCC) 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
    Compiler flags: -g -O2 -Wall -g -fexceptions

    Linked against:
    wxWidgets: 2.8.11
    GnuTLS: 2.10.2

    Operating system:
    Name: Windows XP (build 2600, Service Pack 3)
    Version: 5.1
    Platform: 32 bit system

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#8 Post by boco » 2011-03-07 09:17

Odd. Do you have a file called fzdefaults.xml in the program directory of FileZilla? This file can be used to redirect the settings location, and it could still contain a kiosk mode 0 setting which overrides the one in filezilla.xml.
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Re: Kiosk Mode

#9 Post by renzo » 2011-03-07 14:11

Do you have a file called fzdefaults.xml in the program directory of FileZilla?

no. no such file anywhere in usually explored part of hard drive. there is a

fzd~.xml.example in that directory
filezilla.xml in UBCD4 directory (no kiosk setting)


I renamed filezilla.xml in my application directory, started FZ. A new file appeared with kiosk = 0. Where did that originate - FZ code not accessible to me?

I also looked at debug and logging, but these appear useful only for network debug. It does not show fetch for FZ.xml.
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Re: Kiosk Mode

#10 Post by renzo » 2011-03-07 14:12

OOPS

fzdefaults.xml.example is in that folder.

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#11 Post by boco » 2011-03-07 16:01

Let's try something.

1. Copy the fzdefaults.xml.example file from the docs subdirectory to the program directory of FileZilla and rename it to fzdefaults.xml.
2. Open the file with a good text editor (Notepad under Windows may not work, but Wordpad does).
3. Delete everything from that file, leave only

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<FileZilla3>
    <Settings>
      <Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting>
    </Settings>
</FileZilla3>
in there.
4. Start FileZilla and check if it is now running in kiosk mode 1.
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Re: Kiosk Mode

#12 Post by renzo » 2011-03-07 22:26

in c:\docs&settings\myname\appdata\FZ
fxdefaults.xml

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- <FileZilla3>
- <Settings>
  <Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting> 
  </Settings>
  </FileZilla3>

still kiosk mode (i.e., site manager still has normal and account modes)

am I supposed to have TWO registry entries for FZ?

HKLM\software\Filezilla 3
HKLM\software\FileZilla Client

In addition, I just did a registrar lite search.

I also have two entries in HKU
  • HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-583907252-299502267-839522115-1003\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\nView\WindowManagement\filezilla
    HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-583907252-299502267-839522115-1003\Software\NVIDIA
    Corporation\Global\nView\WindowManagement\filezilla_3.3.5
which I would have believed was for placement but the DWORD keys are both zero. I run NVIDIA nview for dual monitors on this computer. I have not tried this on another computer.

video card is Nvidia Quadro NVS 285

I guess that this has not been reported before?

Am I looking in the right places?

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#13 Post by renzo » 2011-03-07 23:53

Bad News

I just installed FZ from the web.
  • FileZilla Client
    ----------------

    Version: 3.3.5.1

    Build information:
    Compiled for: i586-pc-mingw32msvc
    Compiled on: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
    Build date: 2010-11-21
    Compiled with: i586-mingw32msvc-gcc (GCC) 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
    Compiler flags: -g -O2 -Wall -g -fexceptions

    Linked against:
    wxWidgets: 2.8.11
    GnuTLS: 2.10.2

    Operating system:
    Name: Windows XP (build 2600, Service Pack 3)
    Version: 5.1
    Platform: 32 bit system
Went to filezilla.xml and changed kiosk mode to 1

This program continues to have "normal" and "account" modes in the site manager.

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#14 Post by botg » 2011-03-08 06:59

renzo wrote:in c:\docs&settings\myname\appdata\FZ
fxdefaults.xml
FileZilla does not look in %APPDATA%/FZ but in %APPDATA%/FileZilla

Also, it's spelled fzdefaults.xml, not fxdefaults.xml

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- <FileZilla3>
- <Settings>
  <Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting> 
  </Settings>
  </FileZilla3>
The hyphens do not belong there.

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Re: Kiosk Mode

#15 Post by boco » 2011-03-08 08:09

in c:\docs&settings\myname\appdata\FZ
fxdefaults.xml
No! The file is called fzdefaults.xml and must be in the program directory of FileZilla, that's the one where FileZilla.exe is.
still kiosk mode (i.e., site manager still has normal and account modes)
Normal and Account options do not disappear, even in kiosk mode. To find out if kiosk mode is enabled, select one of them and press OK. You should get a dialog window telling you that these two are not available because FileZilla is in kiosk mode.

@botg: Could we have a visual confirmation for the mode running (maybe in the About window or similar location)?
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