Daniel, I run LTSP in several libraries and what I do is set up one account per workstation. For example the username for ws001 is ws001 - original isn't it? :-)
Doing it this way allows me to run various scripts that can interact with a specific workstation, or a range of workstations. For example I built an apache-based interface for the librarians so that they can send a message (using xmessage) to a particular workstation (i.e. "Please keep it down over there!"), track workstation and printer usage, direct print output to the closest printer, access the correct floppy drive, etc. By knowing the $DISPLAY or $USER I know what machine is asking for what. Each workstation simply uses auto log in to its own account when it boots up. Pete Daniel Łaś wrote: > > Hi > > I am network administrator of Main Library of Opole University. We are > going to use LTSP in our library. Definitely. We even bought 2 servers > for this and 12 dedicated terminals. Yes we want to use one account for > many users as we were doing for years with NOVELL for example. This > account is student with no password and very low rights. We have many > students and i think that creating accounts for them is not good idea. > Anybody know or can help how to avoid problems with such configuration > with KDE as the desktop? > > Regards > > Daniel Łaś > > W liście z pią, 25-10-2002, godz. 12:49, Hans Ekbrand pisze: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:55:07AM -0600, Nathan Sweet wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Nathan Sweet wrote: > > > > > > You've already described the cause of the problem. You should NOT > > > > log in to 2 workstations at the same time with the same user id. > > > > > > > > It causes problems not only with OpenOffice, but also with Gnome and > > > > KDE. > > > > > > > > It's just not a good idea. > > > > > > Well, that's kind of a bummer. My plan was to have the workstations log > > > in automatically via gdm's autologin capability. I guess I'll have to > > > explore other possibilities for this. > > > > What has autologin to do with one user logged in at several WS? Did > > you plan to let all users share one account? > > > > -- > > > > Hans Ekbrand > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > signature.ascName: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Service, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en _____________________________________________________________________ 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
