xguest removed from RedHat 8.6 repositories

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Hi,

I've searched for any information about xguest on the community posts but I've found nothing related to it. Maybe someone here can help me.

I'm migrating a server from version 7.9 to version 8.6. This server uses xguest to use it as a kiosk with access only to a Firefox browser that uses a squid whitelist to surf only authorized internet sites.

The problem is that xguest is not available on version 8.6 and I can't find any information about why it has been removed from the available packages. Is there any incompatibility with versions above 7.x ?

I've tried to install directly the rpm available for EL7, but as expected, I cannot log in with xguest user.

Has anyone any information about why xguest has been removed, and what alternatives do I have to migrate this functionality?

Regards,
José

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