On 2015-02-04, Ivaylo Ganchev wrote: > I inherited a LTSP server and I can't understand how the auto-login part > works. > When the thin-client boots, it logs-in automaticaly. > > The IP address is obtained via DHCP. The thin-clients are declared in static. > In the lts.conf there is 'LDM_AUTOLOGIN = True' declaration. > > Of what I understand the thin client sets as hostname ltsp + the last octet of > the IP address. The username exists in the shadow file on the server. > > I can't understand how all this works. How the thin client knows which > password > to use more precisely ?
By default, it uses the the pseudo-generated hostname (e.g. ltsp123, ltsp45, ltsp6789) as both the autologin user and password. The downside to having such a well known password is that the password can be changed by the users themselves. I'd recommend setting up ssh keys instead: http://sourceforge.net/p/ltsp/mailman/message/31820695/ live well, vagrant
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