how to set-up a 'fat' workstation with latest debian

2011-03-31 Thread David Goldstrom
Hi, I have a need to run software that requires Squeeze etc... so I'd like to set up a 'fat' squeeze workstation on an existing skolelinux system alongside the thinclients and diskless workstations. The goal is for students to be able to log in to the new workstation or existing thinclients

How to get better video editing working now on a workstation?

2011-02-14 Thread David Goldstrom
against current Lenny based server and mounts the home directory using nfs like the current workstations? Thanks, David Goldstrom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

advice on security with external email and web server?

2011-02-10 Thread David Goldstrom
I have to admit having worked with debian-edu on a test system for about 2 months, I really love it! As I begin to expand the test system into what will finally be duplicated into a small high school I would appreciate suggestions / advice on a few things: Currently network setup is simply

Re: mounting folders on startup; using kde/startup?

2011-02-02 Thread David Goldstrom
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Nigel Barker t...@hiroshima-is.ac.jp wrote: From: Nigel Barker t...@hiroshima-is.ac.jp Subject: Re: mounting folders on startup; using kde/startup? To: David Goldstrom goldst...@yahoo.com Cc: debian-edu debian-edu@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 9:51 PM

Squid / LDAP authentication working but having trouble with aptitude blocked by proxy

2011-02-02 Thread David Goldstrom
Hi all, I have authentication (exactly as in the debian edu wiki) working well, but to run updates I have to stop squid and restart with the old configuration file, then restart with the current squid.conf. I've tried several different ways to get apt-get to go through squid, including

Re: mounting folders on startup; using kde/startup?

2011-01-02 Thread David Goldstrom
--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Nigel Barker t...@hiroshima-is.ac.jp wrote: From: Nigel Barker t...@hiroshima-is.ac.jp Subject: Re: mounting folders on startup; using kde/startup? To: David Goldstrom goldst...@yahoo.com Cc: debian-edu debian-edu@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 9:00 AM

setting up bittorrent?

2010-12-31 Thread David Goldstrom
Does anyone have a recomendation for a bittorent setup on Tjener? I've installed ktorrent and torrentflux from lenny-stable and ktorrent works quite well. I did have to make some minor changes to squid.conf, but I'm very pleased that it handles the authentication scheme (squid/ldap). I'm

mounting folders on startup; using kde/startup?

2010-12-31 Thread David Goldstrom
I've tried putting a file in root/desktop/kde/startup called mount with mount --bind /medialv /skole/ltsp/i386/testuser/desktop/Media to bind /medialv with a folder I created on their root. Basically, if I manually run the script it works, but it doesn't happen when they log in? I think it has

Re: workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS setup?

2010-12-29 Thread David Goldstrom
...@skolelinux.no wrote: From: Ronny Aasen ro...@skolelinux.no Subject: Re: workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS setup? To: David Goldstrom goldst...@yahoo.com, debian-edu@lists.debian.org debian-edu@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 3:12 AM -BEGIN PGP

Re: workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS setup?

2010-12-28 Thread David Goldstrom
Both problems solved (and I'll try to add to the Wiki!) 1. Changing the machine name to static00 got it to boot as a diskless workstation. It also boots as a thin client on the same address (10.0.2.50). 2. Getting the ethernet to work required setting the recursion=(put OpenDNS nameservers

Re: workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS setup?

2010-12-27 Thread David Goldstrom
setup? To: David Goldstrom goldst...@yahoo.com Cc: debian-edu@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 6:38 PM Hi David, I'll hazard a few suggestions in the absence of a more qualified reply. On 27 December 2010 05:39, David Goldstrom goldst...@yahoo.com wrote: server. I've

workstation boots but can't find kstartupconfig and OpenDNS setup?

2010-12-26 Thread David Goldstrom
and looked around, but I would expect that typing in the two OpenDNS address would be easy and it doesn't seem to be. I am also interested in setting specific internet access policies for each user group, but first I'd like to get it working! Thanks in advance for any suggestions, David