Extensions in Guest Mode?

[Guillaume]

Hi,

Maybe I'm missing something but is there no way to have system-wide extensions or at least extensions that persist in Guest Mode?

We're trying to use Chromeboxes to drive analytics and monitoring screens but the box goes to sleep automatically and there seems to be no fix for that but the "Stay Awake" extension.

Thanjs

[Mike Frysinger]

i believe the only way to install extensions into guest mode is to enroll the device into a domain and then push the extensions via the admin console.  but in that case, you probably want something like Public Sessions:

  https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3017014

in general, the point of guest mode is to not have any extensions at all.  it's an ephemeral mode that is completely destroyed when you log out.

-mike

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[Victor Khimenko]

You probably want Kiosk mode, not Guest mode: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3134673?hl=en

[Bartosz Fabianowski]

As was correctly pointed out, guest mode is an ephemeral session that
should behave the same on all Chrome OS devices. Thus, the device owner
is not able to customize its settings.

If you want a configurable ephemeral session, "public sessions" is for
you. It is just like guest, but you can configure it via enterprise
policy. You do not need to push the stay awake extension either. You can
just configure power management settings to always stay awake.

"Public sessions" give you a browser window, just like guest mode. If
instead you want a single Chrome app to be running in full screen,
"single-app kiosk mode" is the right choice for you. Just like a public
session, it can be configured via enterprise policy.

- Bartosz

[Laël]

Le mardi 3 février 2015 00:53:25 UTC+1, Guillaume a écrit :

Hi,

Maybe I'm missing something but is there no way to have system-wide extensions or at least extensions that persist in Guest Mode?

It seems crosh is a system wide extension that is enabled in guest mode, but I am unble to find the way it is enabled at login. 

[Mike Frysinger]

crosh support is part of the Chromium browser itself rather than being an extension the user installs

-mike

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