Nice! This worked for me. Thanks Jackie.
On 18/11/2015 13:30, Angus, Jackie wrote:
> I've done something like this. In /usr/share/ldm/rc.d/S00-guest-sessions
>
> I put this line
>
> case "$LDM_USERNAME" in
> WipedUserHere*)
> ssh -S "$LDM_SOCKET" "$LDM_SERVER" 'cd; rsync -av --delete
> /etc/backups$
> ;;
> esac
>
> then I keep copies of the the home directories in /etc/backup
>
> When the LTSP client boots it syncs the current directory with it's matching
> backup dir in /etc/backup
> This has been working quite well.
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:16:29 +0100
> From: Jan Kowalsky <jan...@datenkollektiv.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Volatile home directory
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> Hi g,
>
> we have the same question in one of our networks. We provide guest accounts.
>
> Am 03.11.2015 um 14:23 schrieb g:
>> Hi all.
>> I'm trying to obtain a configuration for LTSP (no fat client) in which
>> all modifications made by the users on their home dir are discarded
>> before logout.
>> In other words, I would like every user find the same configuration for
>> desktop and personal settings each time he logs in. I would prevent
>> modifications from an initial configuration I made for users.
>> Of course the whole system can't work with read-only home dirs. Too easy :)
>>
>> I tried understanding how to avoid sshfs mount of home dirs, but just
>> specifying a generic
>>
>> CONFIGURE_FSTAB=true
>> FSTAB_1="tmpfs /home/ tmpfs
>> nodev,nosuid,size=512m,mode=777 0 0"
>>
>> in /opt/ltsp/amd64/etc/lts.conf didn't help
>>
>> I tried commenting out the line with sshfs in
>> /opt/ltsp/amd64/usr/share/ldm/rc.d/X01-localapps
>> manually mounted a user's home tmpfs dir on thin client before user
>> logged in, but no luck and the LDM restarted after hangup for a few minutes.
>>
>> Does anyone faced with a similar goal to reach? Can anyone please point
>> me in the right direction?
>
> well, we took a different approach. We simply use pam-scripts to create
> home-dirs on login and remove them again on logout.
>
> If there is a possibility to do this with tmpfs in ltsp this would be
> nice. But be aware: a user only has to download or copy any big file and
> your ram will not be sufficient.
>
> Regards
> Jan
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