Matt, it was over a year ago that Andrew Williams and I tried using LDAP for authenticating users for Local apps, and I don't remember all the details. We just didn't get it going, and had to move on.
I'm confident that it can be done. It's just a matter of pouring the right amount of time into the problem. Jim. On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Egan, Matt B. (Artco) wrote: > > An alternative to NIS might be LDAP, but we haven't gotten > > that to work for local apps yet. > > What are the hangups with LDAP so far? > > > In the past, some people have suggested just copying the > > servers /etc/passwd file to /opt/ltsp/i386/etc, but I can > > tell you very clearly that will NEVER be part of a > > standard LTSP package. > > I agree > > > Creating a special-purpose daemon to handle this, in my > > opinion, is just reinventing the wheel. Use what is already > > there, and spend your time solving other more important > > problems. > > The "need" for the special daemon was to get rid of the window that Xorfb > has and introduce the command line options (am I right here) so I don't > understand how you would get this to work "seamlessly" without hacking up > the original a little bit. I see it as retreading an old wheel ;-). > > > But, I also invite you to challenge me on this. Maybe you've > > got a better way. > > Me!? A better way? No I doubt it. I'm just along for the ride. > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Jason Bechtel wrote: > > > > > Matt, > > > > > > I don't think local apps should have to be enabled in order > > > to get this to work. They should be totally separate > > > options with no mutual dependency or exclusivity between > > > them. And I think it could be easily set up to work like > > > this... > > > > > > The only thing required is a way to start and stop the > > > x0rfbserver remotely. This could be done by running an rsh > > > server on all workstations. It could also be done by > > > creating a special-purpose daemon just for this task. Then > > > we could implement our own style of security measures in > > > the controlling daemon. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:32:41 -0500 > > > "Egan, Matt B. (Artco)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Would local apps have to be enabled? I'd prefer it if > > > > not. I realize that it > > > > needs to run on the client machine but is there a way to > > > > work around this so > > > > that local apps don't have to be setup just for the use > > > > of Xorfb? That's not > > > > a big deal I just don't have local apps setup yet so it > > > > would be more work > > > > (not that I'm lazy) > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > > > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- > > http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > > irc.openprojects.net > > > > > > > -- > > > -- _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
