I will give it a try tomorrow. Actually, this morning i found a variant of the
script i had problems with, that works because it uses IP instead of hostname.
For some reason, my system uses IP.
In the post of this morning i included a copy of it but yours look better since
it should work no matter if there is IP or hostname.
I think i and about to finish setting LTSP4.2 on Mandriva 2009. The autologin
is the last thing (i hope) i have to solve.
All my posts to the list are being held. This is the message i see "Your
message to Ltsp-discuss awaits moderator approval".
If it take a few days for you to see my answer, this is the reason.
I have no experience on this email problem, Do you know what could be happening?
Thanks
Gabriel Lopez
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:16:39 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP4.2 autologin
>
> Gabriel,
>
> How about we cheat? The script below (starting with: #!/bin/sh) should
> work whether it is IP or hostname.
>
> Try this script:
>
> ##### BEGIN SCRIPT ######
>
> #!/bin/sh
> CLIENT=$(echo $DISPLAY | cut -d: -f1)
> CLIENT1=$(echo $CLIENT | cut -d. -f1)
> CLIENT1_CHECK=$(echo $CLIENT1 | sed -e 's/[0-9]*//g')
> USER_PREFIX="auto"
>
> if [ -z "${CLIENT1_CHECK)" ]; then
> # CLIENT is an IP
> echo "${USER_PREFIX}$(echo $CLIENT | cut -d. -f4)"
> exit 0
> else
> # CLIENT is a hostname
> echo "${USER_PREFIX}$(echo $CLIENT1 | sed -e 's/^[a-zA-Z0]*//')"
> exit 0
> fi
>
> ##### END SCRIPT ######
>
> -Gadi
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:14 +0000, gabriel lopez wrote:
> > Gideon:
> > Thanks for this detailed explanation.
> > I am not a programmer and just copied the script i found in internet
> > but did not know what was it doing.
> > Now i undestand a little more.
> >
> > On the script i added a line to echo $DISPLAY and $CLIENT to a file
> > and the restarted the client.
> > The values are:
> > Display 192.168.20.120:0
> > Client 192.
> > quote:
> > >If that is the problem, then you ask - why is gdm using IP and not
> > > hostname? Does my workstation have a hostname? Is my /etc/hosts
> > > correct? Or, does gdm no longer resolve DISPLAY to hostname? Well,
> > the
> > > first two are easy to check.
> >
> > How do i check which could be the problem?
> >
> > Mi /etc/hosts is like this
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 127.0.0.1 lofa localhost
> > ## lofa-begin ##
> > #
> > # The lines between 'lofa-begin' and 'lofa-end' were added
> > # on: Fri Oct 24 08:01:52 2008, by the lofacfg configuration tool.
> > # For more information, visit the lofa homepage
> > # at http://www.lofa.org
> > #
> >
> > 192.168.20.1 ws001.lofa ws001
> > 192.168.20.2 ws002.lofa ws002
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > 192.168.20.120 ws120.lofa ws120
> > 192.168.20.121 ws121.lofa ws121
> > 192.168.20.122 ws122.lofa ws122
> > 192.168.20.123 ws123.lofa ws123
> > .
> > .
> > 192.168.20.252 ws252.lofa ws252
> > 192.168.20.253 ws253.lofa ws253
> >
> > ## lofa-end ##
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:39:51 -0500
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > To: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP4.2 autologin
> > >
> > > Gabriel,
> > >
> > > It is always best to understand how the scripts should work before
> > > implementing them - otherwise it makes things harder to debug.
> > >
> > > Your instructions are basically making use of gdm's ability to
> > specify a
> > > script to be executed when retrieving the autologin user. The output
> > of
> > > such a script *must* be a valid username. If the output of the
> > script
> > > is empty (no output), then gdm will use the "root" user.
> > >
> > > Now, since that is what gdm is using, it tells you that the script
> > is
> > > indeed not returning a username as output. Let's look at the script
> > and
> > > figure out why:
> > >
> > > The first line in the script cuts the DISPLAY environment variable
> > by
> > > periods and returns the first part. It will use this first part to
> > > figure out what user to return. That works ok, provided that the
> > first
> > > part of the DISPLAY variable is a workstation name. Is it?
> > >
> > > If it is not a hostname but an IP address, the result of returning
> > the
> > > first part would be a number! That number would not match any of the
> > > cases you set up and therefore return no autologin user. That could
> > be
> > > the problem.
> > >
> > > How to check? Well, tell the script to return $CLIENT. Then, if it
> > is
> > > a number, gdm may say "User 192 will login in 5 seconds..." And you
> > will
> > > say to yourself, "User 192?!"
> > >
> > > If that is the problem, then you ask - why is gdm using IP and not
> > > hostname? Does my workstation have a hostname? Is my /etc/hosts
> > > correct? Or, does gdm no longer resolve DISPLAY to hostname? Well,
> > the
> > > first two are easy to check. If you discover it is #3, then you may
> > > need to modify your script to autologin users based upon IP rather
> > than
> > > hostname.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > >
> > > -Gadi
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 21:01 +0000, gabriel lopez wrote:
> > > > GDM LTSP4.2 Autologin
> > > > De:
> > > > gabriel lopez
> > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > > > Enviado:
> > > > viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2008
> > > > 03:59:32 p.m.
> > > > Para:
> > > > LTSP
> > > > (ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net)
> > > > I am in the process of installing LTSP4.2 on Mandriva 2009. There
> > has
> > > > been problem because i has not found specific instructions for
> > > > Mandriva 2009 but Instructions for Mandriva 2006 and 2007 work 95%
> > of
> > > > the time.
> > > > What i have to solve now is autologin on terminals.
> > > > I have tried instructions for KDM and GDM and none works.
> > > > I has gone back to GDM and use this instructions:
> > > >
> > > >
> > #####################################################################
> > > > Create a user ID for each client machine that will autologin. This
> > > > how-to assumes the IDs are auto1, auto2, auto3, etc.
> > > > Create the /usr/bin/autologin script. This script figures out
> > which
> > > > client it's running on and then passes a correpsonding login ID to
> > GDM
> > > > for the autologin. Here's a sample script, which you can modify to
> > > > suit your needs:
> > > > --------autologin
> > > > script--------------------------------------------------
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > CLIENT=$(echo $DISPLAY || cut -d. -f1)
> > > > case "$CLIENT" in
> > > > "ws001") disp=auto1;;
> > > > "ws002") disp=auto2;;
> > > > "ws003") disp=auto3;;
> > > > esac
> > > > echo $disp
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > Be sure the $disp variable is being set to valid user IDs you
> > created
> > > > in the previous step. Remember to make the autologin script
> > > > executable ('chmod +x /usr/bin/autologin').
> > > > Modify /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add the following settings under
> > the
> > > > daemon and security sections. Be sure to include the pipe
> > character at
> > > > the end of the TimedLogin line.*
> > > > -------------------custom.conf--------------------------------
> > > > daemon
> > > >
> > > > AutomaticLoginEnable=true
> > > > TimedLoginEnable=true
> > > > TimedLogin=/usr/bin/autologin|
> > > > TimedLoginDelay=30
> > > >
> > > > security
> > > >
> > > > AllowRemoteAutoLogin=true
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Restart GDM. This will kick all users, including you at the
> > console,
> > > > off the system and send them back to the login screen. As such,
> > it's
> > > > best if you switch to a command prompt console by pressing
> > > > Ctrl-Alt-F1, and login in as root, if you aren't already. Then,
> > > > restart gdm:
> > > > gdm-restart
> > > >
> > > >
> > ###################################################################
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The problem is that i can see the login screen on the terminal and
> > a
> > > > message that say somthiong like
> > > > "root wil login in 30,29,.... seconds" but root never login and th
> > > > message start again "root wil login in 30,29,.... seconds" and so
> > on.
> > > > I DO NOT WANT TO LOGIN AS ROOT BUT AS A REGULAR USER. auto1 in
> > this
> > > > case.
> > > >
> > > > What i thing is that something is missing because i do not see how
> > the
> > > > value "auto1" stored in $disp on the script, is passed to GDM as
> > the
> > > > name of the user i want lo login as.
> > > >
> > > > Any help?
> > > >
> > > >
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