On 11-08-29 10:11 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > This may seem a bit foolish question, but I dare asking it anyway: > > Why do you use LDM? Does it have any influence on the functionality of > LTSP? Wouldn't it be ok to use KDM or whatever to let the folks log in? > > I ask because on our current system we use KDM with a special template > and it's ok (LTSP 4.2). Now, when I played around on the newly setup > system with LTSP 5 and 4.2, I didn't find any faults that might have to > do with KDM instead of LDM (well, there still are some errors, but > nothing I would think has to do with it). > > But I guess you had a good reason to code it :-)
In a word, exigency. However, a better explanation might be required. LTSP 4.2 used XDM to set up the X channel. XDM's unencrypted. One of the problems that was keeping LTSP out of certain markets was the lack of encryption. We needed to tunnel X over ssh to attain this. However, ssh doesn't "script" well. In order to interact with it, we needed to do (computer oldsters will recognize this term) "screen scraping" to handle the interaction with ssh. This needed some fancy footwork that wouldn't work with other display managers. It's been a constant source of annoyance for me, personally. With the development of libssh, we now had a tool that we could use to programmatically control an ssh session. As a result, I've written libpam-sshauth, which you can find here: https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~sbalneav/ltsp/libpam-sshauth That will allow us to use, (in theory) any pam-compliant display manager as our login manager. Hopefully, we'll be playing around with it at the next LTSP By-The-Sea developer conference. Personally, I've managed to create an LTSP session using good old XDM as the front end. Hope this helps, Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Systems Department | -- Cicero Legal Aid Manitoba | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
