Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Please help - client not interpreting thenetwork card

2002-10-07 Thread kim
Thanks Jim, This has taken me to the next question. I am able to get to a GDM screen on the thin client if I set the mouse device to tty0. It is a serial mouse, so I should be using ttyS0 instead. When I do the Xserver on the client complains: Cannot open mouse (No such fiel or directory) Is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Patrice DUMAS - DOCT
Hi, I use ssh to do the authentication and launch X. Only nfs isn't tunneled. Is it that kind of solution that you want ? On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:15:59PM -0400, Barry Newman wrote: Still searching for a way to secure the transport layer down to the client (before authentication). Anyone

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
Pstrice, i believe we should be able to tunnel nfs as well over ssh. nfs v3 allows the use of tcp instead of udp and the ports are well defined: 2049 for nfsd and 1110 for keep-alive and status. haven't tried it, though On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Patrice DUMAS - DOCT wrote: Hi, I use ssh to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
Jim, nfs over tcp is definitely not experimental. it is being used all over the place - hp-ux and aix, to name 2 that i now of. That said, i agree that ipsec/ssl is the way to go. will you have it ready soon? ;-) julius On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still think of NFS

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Patrice DUMAS - DOCT
Hi, NFS can be forced over TCP and secured. Or you could use http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/snfs/ but basically you have a chicken and egg problem because your utilities used to tunnel nfs have to be present before mounting the root, but the root is nfs mounted. Are you saying you

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Patrice DUMAS - DOCT
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:11:37AM -0400, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: Pstrice, i believe we should be able to tunnel nfs as well over ssh. nfs v3 allows the use of tcp instead of udp and the ports are well defined: 2049 for nfsd and 1110 for keep-alive and status. haven't tried it,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread jam
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: Jim, nfs over tcp is definitely not experimental. it is being used all over the place - hp-ux and aix, to name 2 that i now of. That said, i agree that ipsec/ssl is the way to go. will you have it ready soon? ;-) Really ? Cool. I'm not

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Patrice DUMAS - DOCT
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:54:24AM -0400, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: Jim, nfs over tcp is definitely not experimental. it is being used all over the place - hp-ux and aix, to name 2 that i now of. That said, i agree that ipsec/ssl is the way to go. will you have it ready soon? ;-)

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Jason A. Pattie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using IPSec shouldn't be too hard, except that I believe that it requires IPSec in the server kernel. I wonder if that requires a kernel rebuild, or if a module can just be loaded. IPSec is easily configured. However,

[Ltsp-discuss] Swap and icewm

2002-10-07 Thread Romain Surleau
Hello, I have two problems with my Mandrake 8.2 with ltsp : - memory use is up to 95% (512M ram, no user connected, swap use:1Mb over 1Gb swap partition). Why doesn'it use the swap ? - I'd like to use icewm, but if I log in on the server screen it works well, and if I log in from a ltsp

[Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody

2002-10-07 Thread Anthony A. Tanbakuchi
Hi, I have installed the ltsp packages on debian Woody as well as the dependencies (NFS-common nfs-kernel-server dhcp portmap). However, when I reboot the server I notice that when the dhcp server is started: Warning: portmapper inactive - RPC services unavailable Which is a bit

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody

2002-10-07 Thread Anthony A. Tanbakuchi
Well, I got the rcpinfo to give output, but it seems to be missing the nfs entry, here is the output ipt:/home/aat8786# rpcinfo -p ipt.rit.edu program vers proto port 102 tcp111 portmapper 102 udp111 portmapper 1000241 udp 1045 status

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody

2002-10-07 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Anthony A. Tanbakuchi così ha scritto: |From: Anthony A. Tanbakuchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: Anthony A. Tanbakuchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 11:39:56 -0400 |Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody | |Well, I got the rcpinfo to give

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody

2002-10-07 Thread Patrice DUMAS - DOCT
Hi, Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...ws003:/opt/ltsp/i386: Function not implemented done. Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...ws003:/opt/ltsp/i386: Function not implemented done. If I remember well, this means that the kernel lacks nfsd support, and thus exportfs

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Julius Szelagiewicz
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Patrice DUMAS - DOCT wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:11:37AM -0400, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: Patrice, i believe we should be able to tunnel nfs as well over ssh. nfs v3 allows the use of tcp instead of udp and the ports are well defined: 2049 for nfsd and

[Ltsp-discuss] Fwd: Re: [Cooker] LTSP vs. MDK Terminal Server

2002-10-07 Thread Brent Hasty
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [Cooker] LTSP vs. MDK Terminal Server Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:12:19 -0700 From: Brent Hasty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: List Cookers [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 07 October 2002 03:08, Stew

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] portmapper problem on Debian Woody

2002-10-07 Thread Tom Hoover
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:04:41PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: I got the same error when starting nfs-kernel-server on Debian Woody. It happens when the startup script tries to export the local filesystems listed in /etc/exports. It has something to do with the nfssvc function on nfsd,

[Ltsp-discuss] java problems

2002-10-07 Thread c . murdock
Hi all, I just put our new server in place yesterday, and am having some problems with java, and was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem. Namely, when you go into yahoo chat, log in, and enter a chat room, you can't submit anything. I can type about two letters before it gives

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread David Johnston
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 11:03, Jason A. Pattie wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using IPSec shouldn't be too hard, except that I believe that it requires IPSec in the server kernel. I wonder if that requires a kernel rebuild, or if a module can just be loaded. IPSec is easily configured.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] using bootp disabling dhcp client on terminalbootup

2002-10-07 Thread David Johnston
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 03:31, Georg Baum wrote: Am Sonntag, 6. Oktober 2002 00:36 schrieb Anthony A. Tanbakuchi: Dear ltsp users, Looking for a little help. I am attempting to set up an terminal server in our department using the ltsp packages and debian woody. Of course my

[Ltsp-discuss] OpenMosix on RedHat 7.3

2002-10-07 Thread Jesper Berth
Hi i'am trying to get OpenMosix to run on my Terminals but all the klients aren't running. mosmon shows the server running and the klients are dead. i think that my klients kernel isn't configured right. But what should i set it to ??? Could it be anything else ?? Jesper Berth Denmark

[Ltsp-discuss] How to check for NFS support in kernel.

2002-10-07 Thread Anthony A. Tanbakuchi
Thanks for the response from Patrice about NFS support possibly missing from my kernel. I compiled the kernel myself (2.4.18) under debian Woody and did select the nfs server support NFS file system support both with NFSv3 support. However, is there a way that I can check (perhaps a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] How to check for NFS support in kernel.

2002-10-07 Thread jam
Anthony, Did you build nfs as a module ? Maybe a: modprobe nfsd is all you need. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Anthony A. Tanbakuchi wrote: Thanks for the response from Patrice about NFS support possibly missing from my kernel. I compiled the kernel

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Bandwidth Requirements

2002-10-07 Thread Tony Fortunato
Actually that makes me wonder... Can you say LTSP is mainframe? What is the difference(if any)? Regards Tony Fortunato -- www.futureskills.co.nz - Original Message - From: Billy McFarland To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Ltsp-discuss] RE: centralized desktop menu management

2002-10-07 Thread Duane Stiffarm
I gave qvwm (www.qvwm.org) a try about a year ago and have been using it since. It has a centralized configuration file, you can specify what desktop items and menu for all users. It takes a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it, you'll find it pretty easy to configure.

[Ltsp-discuss] What should I do next for a good demo?

2002-10-07 Thread Ronald Wiplinger
Thanks to all people here who helped me to get the Thin Client to work! I have so far installed the four (five) packages: core kernel core_x x_fonts and XF86_5530 I use a diskless Thin Client (233 MHz) with only 64Mb RAM. Opening Mozilla, as Star office will crash the Thin Client. I will

[Ltsp-discuss] Questions before converting a college lab to LTSP, help appreciated

2002-10-07 Thread charles.burns
Santa Barbara City College has 35 HP Entria-2 thin clients which currently run X from Alpha/VMS servers. The network is due for an overhaul and I have a few questions. If you know the answers to any of these, please respond, even if that/those question(s) have already been answered, two+ heads

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Securing Transport Layer

2002-10-07 Thread Linux Autrement
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 23:38, David Johnston wrote: 1. Ideally, we could use IPSec to authenticate each *workstation* long before we ask for names or passwords. However, each workstation starts up without a key every time it starts (it either builds one, or gets it from a central server