Re: [Ltsp-discuss] It stops with the line: mounting root file system

2002-10-02 Thread Ronald Wiplinger
Darryl Bond wrote: > Go back to ltsp.org download page and grab the V3 documentation from > the download section. It will guide you through what you need. DONE! and added the two packages ltsp_x_core and ltsp_x_fonts (the only difference so far). Same status: Hangs with the line: Mounting r

[Ltsp-discuss] DHCP

2002-10-02 Thread Rock s
have a question do not know if it has been answered yet or not but have not seen it. Here goes we have a dhcp server at work can the dhcp server that runs ltsp run with out any problems with they other dhcp server? Just wondering I got bootp to work with ltsp but could never get the server a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Flash Player problems revisited

2002-10-02 Thread Ken Barber
On Friday 20 September 2002 08:24 pm, David Johnston wrote: > On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 13:51, Ken Barber wrote: > > I think I'll write to Macromedia now and ask them for a clarification. > what did Macromedia say? I never got an answer from them. Ken

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread R P Herrold
> > The LTSP network is a highly centralized system. All works done by its > > users must be saved to its Server provided if no local floppy drive > > installed. Therefore all confidential data can be retained out of the > > reach by public. heh ... I guess this keeps the thread within list typ

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Brian Fahrlander
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:46:45 +0800, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:01 AM 10/3/2002 +0200, Linux Autrement wrote: > >On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:47, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > If prevention is remote, can a track record of all emails and webmail > > > dispatched by users be kept in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Stephen Liu
At 12:01 AM 10/3/2002 +0200, Linux Autrement wrote: >On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:47, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > If prevention is remote, can a track record of all emails and webmail > > dispatched by users be kept in LTSP server and it can't be erased by the > > users themselves, except the administrat

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Gene Leung
Hi Stephen, Those security issues shouldn't be the only topic of LTSP, it is also related to how you set up your email server and how your network setup via different means of method. May be a better place to ask is the slashdot.org. There are a lot of ways to help monitor the information flow.

[Ltsp-discuss] Multiple X-sessions on terminal

2002-10-02 Thread Mikkel C. Simonsen
Is it possible to run two X-sessions simultaniously on some terminals? I have some users that need to access both the LTSP server and an SCO OpenServer system - and be able to switch between the two. Is it possible at all, and is it possible to enable the "two X-server" option for some users onl

[Ltsp-discuss] ThnikNIC and LTSpv3 sound

2002-10-02 Thread Erik Myllymaki
I am using ltsp_core 3.0.5, ltsp_sound-3.0.1 and the pxestuff package/kernel and can't get sound to load properly. Loading Sound Modules Loading: soundcore Loading: uart401 Loading: sb io=0x220 irq=5 sb: dsp reset failed. /lib/modules/2.4.19-ltsp-1/.../sb.o: init_module: No such device . . . I ha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] It stops with the line: mounting root file system

2002-10-02 Thread Darryl Bond
Go back to ltsp.org download page and grab the V3 documentation from the download section. It will guide you through what you need. Ronald Wiplinger wrote: > Darryl Bond wrote: > >> So it is V2 V2.X is the old version and it used that path. This, among many other things, was changed for V3.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Linux Autrement
On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:47, Stephen Liu wrote: > If prevention is remote, can a track record of all emails and webmail > dispatched by users be kept in LTSP server and it can't be erased by the > users themselves, except the administrator? Although going through all > records daily by the ad

[Ltsp-discuss] keymap on LTSP clients

2002-10-02 Thread John Peacock
I need to use a different keymap for my LTSP clients, which will be running telnet only. Specifically, I need to have PageDown send ^D and PageUp send ^U. I have created a keymap which does this, but it only works on the console, not any random telnet client. I realized that since the LTSP

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] newbie question

2002-10-02 Thread David Johnston
On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 08:12, bloodfang wrote: > is it possible to install the ltsp packet without the x core and x fonts > packets? (if) i do that, will i get the login screen (minus the graphic) > or only the usual bash prompt on runlevel=3? Yes, you can install ltsp without the X packages. Y

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcpd-conf

2002-10-02 Thread Phil Davey
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Samuel Mukoti wrote: > Anyone know any gui tools that configure /etc/dhcpd.conf? I believe webmin includes a module to do this. I haven't tried it myself, but it's on the (long!) list of things to do. -- Phil Davey Computer Officer Hughes Hall College, Cambridge Email [EMAIL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Bandwith Measurement

2002-10-02 Thread Phil Davey
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Adrian Snyman wrote: > But I have now got a protocol analyser on our network in an attempt to get > some sort of figures/comparison going - but what to measure ?? > How does X measure up to Citrix/RDP/VNC ?? Ideally, you'd come up with an example of the type of job the worksta

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Remote Logout

2002-10-02 Thread Ken Godee
Nope, the only thing I've seen or heard about, on this subject was mentioned awhile ago on the list, someone was using X10 modules to directly control the power on thier workstations, thought that sounded interesting. > Hi Ken, > > Can your program serve switching off the Diskless workstation

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP terminal

2002-10-02 Thread prakash modak
Hi all, How many pc's i can connect to 1 LTSP server I got pIV1.4Ghz with 2scsi HDD each 40 GB and 512Mb rdram. I got 50 terminals and 1 win2000 server(pIV1.4Ghz with 2scsi HDD each 40 GB and 512Mb rdram) having multiuser office and i want to use that office on linux terminal using rdeskt

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Remote Logout

2002-10-02 Thread Ken Godee
Pete, Maybe after I get it going again in the near future and package it up a little better, for people that have not used perl and perl modules before it can be a little trouble setting up. > Ken, > Hey that is way-cool! Is there a link ot this from ltsp.org? If not there should >be! > > Pe

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to mount NT share & maintain NT sharepermission via SMB for LTSP user??

2002-10-02 Thread Joseph
Why don't you use the mount -t smbfs -o username=thecurrentltspuser,password=hisownpassword //ntserver/privateforloginuser /home/currentusername and put it in a login script... On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 12:11, John Clay wrote: > When a regular user (say, "jmc") logs onto my Linux (LTSP, Samba, DHCP)

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Remote Logout

2002-10-02 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Ken, Can your program serve switching off the Diskless workstation simultaneously?. I think this will be more important. Even logout, the machine is still running. Stephen At 09:01 AM 10/2/2002 -0700, Ken Godee wrote: >Sam, >Here's a program I made a while ago just for the purpose >your

[Ltsp-discuss] How to mount NT share & maintain NT share permission via SMB for LTSPuser??

2002-10-02 Thread John Clay
When a regular user (say, "jmc") logs onto my Linux (LTSP, Samba, DHCP) server via his LTSP terminal I need an NT drive share to be mounted with the permissions that NT intends. Our NT file print server has a directory named "private" which contains subdirectories for each user. Each user has NT

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Remote Logout

2002-10-02 Thread Ken Godee
Sam, Here's a program I made a while ago just for the purpose your looking for. I've not worked on it for awhile but might give you a starting point or something to hack. I'm also starting a new Ltsp project and will be breaking back into the program again soon. Have a look... http://www.perf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi All, USB disks and pcmcia disks shall not be calculated as a pressure to Diskless Workstations without USB socket. Email and Internet browsing are two major problem. If prevention is remote, can a track record of all emails and webmail dispatched by users be kept in LTSP server and it can

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP Remote Logout

2002-10-02 Thread Samuel Mukoti
HI, Back again... Was wondering if I could get some suggestions as to how I can logout users from the Administrators console (root user) I've got some users who leave they're sessions running when they go home. Sometimes I need to logout a specific user who might be running a resource intensi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread Jim Wildman
And the simple fact is that if I allow Internet browsing from a machine which also has access to confidential data, it is VERY difficult to keep the user of that machine from transferring the data outside the company. Aside from that you have things like USB disks, pcmcia disks, email, etc. It is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP and dhcpd on port 1001/1002

2002-10-02 Thread Bhaskar S. Manda
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:08:18 +0100, Thomas Dahl wrote > and copied the kernel to the tftp server. The system works fine most > of the times, but sometimes the kernel reports: > Running dhclient > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address > > printing eip: >

RE: [Ltsp-discuss] With a little help... (newby)

2002-10-02 Thread wouter . debacker
On 01-Oct-02 Joey Officer wrote: > I don't recall, but isn't there a minimum RAM requirement. I > thought it was > 32mb? All of my 16 terminals are 486s DX4/100 with 16 Mb of main RAM, a PCI video card with at least 1Mb of video RAM and a 10Mb NIC. They all boot correctly and their response tim

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Confidentiality and centralization

2002-10-02 Thread jam
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for your response. > > By adding some specific features, I think, LTSP can be a versatile > application not only confined to school. True, we do need some security features added in, but who says it is currently confined to schools ?

[Fwd: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcpd-conf]

2002-10-02 Thread Tom Lisjac
> Anyone know any gui tools that configure /etc/dhcpd.conf? I'm trying to > write a tool (specificly for LTSP) that allows one to add a > terminal/workstation through some sort of Druid. GTK or QT haven't decided > - just that parsing the dhcpd.conf file is so nasty - the file is very > irregul

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP and dhcpd on port 1001/1002

2002-10-02 Thread Thomas Dahl
Title: LTSP and dhcpd on port 1001/1002 Hi I have been setting up a LTSP system for booting a ICA Client. In order not to change a lot on our existing dhcp-system I got the suggestion from this list to run the dhcp server on port 1001/1002. I've changed the settings in etherboot to use the