I would think that if you have an LTSP server at each site, syncing them probably wouldn't be TOO difficult a task (though I've never attempted this). My first thought would be to hack together some rsync scripts to sync up the server filesystems, but maybe ltsp-cluster has some features that do this more elegantly..? If not yet, probably sometime in the future if there is enough of a demand (I've seen more than just this post on the list regarding this type of setup).
Just my $0.000002, Jordan/Lns John Lucas wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Has anyone here managed to get an LTSP installation to work over >> geographically seperated sites so that a user who is registered can log on >> at any of the remote sites and still get access to their documents and have >> the graphical interface launch with their own preferences? My knee jerk >> reaction is to have an application server at each site, and have the user >> documents and log in credentials stored off site at a central server with >> the remote sites connected through the Internet by means of some sort of >> secure tunnelling. >> >> At the moment, I'm only really interested in whether it can be done, and >> what pit falls or limitations there are. >> >> I have read up on using multiple servers on an LTSP installation, but can >> find very little about setting up an installation over a geographically >> seperated sites. >> >> Thoughts and guidance is much appreciated. >> >> > > It isn't practical to run LTSP per se over WAN links. A more feasible > approach > would be to run freenx on the server and install the NX client on the remote > stations to access user's login remotely and securely. NX uses aggressive > caching and compression to reduce the required bandwidth, and it uses SSH as > transport. You would have to port-forward ssh at your firewall, which opens > you > up to brute force dictionary attacks on user's passwords. Good passwords > would > be essential and sshd would have to be kept up-to-date with security patches. > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blogs.logicalnetworking.net Intel and HP team up to roll out Green PCs for the enterprise Mozilla Thunderbird Add-on "Signature Switch" Will "Windows 7" be another Mojave Experiment? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
