Thanks for the info. I just told him to install ltsp-server on his home machine, and then run ltsp-build-client to create the image. When he finishes, he can bring it in on a flash drive and I can copy it over.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Alkis Georgopoulos <alk...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can give them an Ubuntu installation in e.g. a VirtualBox VM, > and when they're done, install ltsp-client in it, loop-mount it with > vdfuse, and run > ltsp-update-image -c /path/to/mounted/vm/disk > > Στις 11/11/2013 12:47 πμ, ο/η Todd O'Bryan έγραψε: >> I'd like to set up a second image for my clients to boot from. In >> particular, several times a year I stay after school and let my >> students play video games, but I don't want the games clogging up the >> normal image that we use for class. I'd also prefer not to have to do >> all the installing and checking on that second image. >> >> Is there a way to give a non-sudoer user--a student, actually--access >> to just that chroot so that s/he can install everything, and then just >> ask me to run ltsp-update-image when it's time? If not, can the >> student run ltsp-build-image and ltsp-chroot from his/her account to a >> chroot inside his/her home folder, and then when everything's set up, >> can I copy everything to a system-wide location and change ownership >> to root? >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers > Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore > techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most > from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _____________________________________________________________________ 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
