Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-08-06 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Preliminary remark: We don't have ltsp installed, but another solution from a german company called Gonicus, which works fine already for 5 years. This setup is quite similiar to ltsp5, based on native Debian package management. To update our installation we intend to switch to ltsp5. But this

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-08-01 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 09:01:03AM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: Or maybe the xdmping ots-4 -v -t 1 command already does this, in that case disregard my comments :-) xdmping is not homebrewn by us. It's available e.g. at: http://frmb.org/xdmchoose.html Also, would the xdmping command work

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-31 Thread Jim Kronebusch
The amount of logged in users is not the only parameter to decide the load of a server. We have a range of terminal servers with different architectures and power. At least the number of processors, speed, and ram must be taken into account. We are using xdmping for load balancing, which

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-31 Thread Jim Kronebusch
The Future is Already Here - It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Francis, you're funny. Let's get the future distributed then :-) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-30 Thread Francis Giraldeau
Hi, For simple loadbalancing, maybe I would let the LDM_SERVER as is and create a new variable for matter, for example : LDM_SERVERS_LIST. I understand that for simple loadbalancing, servers state won't be used and only a randomize on the list will be done. That's good and scalable. But at

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-30 Thread Jim Kronebusch
We're still needing a good method for getting network auth going. I don't want to say too much, but Matt Oquist and I banged around a couple of ideas in #edubuntu a few days ago, and he's begun work on pam/nss module that will do what we want without the need for pushing ldap down to the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-30 Thread Jim Kronebusch
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:50:41 -0400, Francis Giraldeau wrote Jim Kronebusch a écrit : LDM_SERVER could be a space separated list of hosts. Something like LDM_SERVER=192.168.0.254 192.168.0.253 192.168.0.252 Or, names, if the administrator sets things up in the chroot for /etc/hosts

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-30 Thread Robert Arkiletian
On 7/30/07, Jim Kronebusch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know much about how this would or does work, but if there was an constant ssh connection between servers could this also be a way to collect data to help apps such as Student Control Panel or TeacherTool better manage users across

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-30 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:11:37PM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: Then make the default server the one with the least amount of logged in users? The amount of logged in users is not the only parameter to decide the load of a server. We have a range of terminal servers with different architectures

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Francis Giraldeau
Jim Kronebusch a écrit : LDM_SERVER could be a space separated list of hosts. Something like LDM_SERVER=192.168.0.254 192.168.0.253 192.168.0.252 Or, names, if the administrator sets things up in the chroot for /etc/hosts and/or resolve.conf. Glad to see you're working on this, I

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:27:38AM -0400, Francis Giraldeau wrote: For simple loadbalancing, maybe I would let the LDM_SERVER as is and create a new variable for matter, for example : LDM_SERVERS_LIST. I understand that for simple loadbalancing, servers state won't be used and only a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 03:15:27PM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: I would really like to see LDM_SERVER be able to accept fully qualified dns names. Then I could simply point LDM_SERVER=ltsp.mydomain.com and set up a round robin A record in DNS where ltsp.mydomain.com resolves to either a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Scott Balneaves wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:27:38AM -0400, Francis Giraldeau wrote: For simple loadbalancing, maybe I would let the LDM_SERVER as is and create a new variable for matter, for example : LDM_SERVERS_LIST. I understand that for simple loadbalancing, servers state won't

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-29 Thread Jim McQuillan
Scott Balneaves wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 03:15:27PM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: I would really like to see LDM_SERVER be able to accept fully qualified dns names. Then I could simply point LDM_SERVER=ltsp.mydomain.com and set up a round robin A record in DNS where

[Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-27 Thread Scott Balneaves
Just giving people a status update on where ldm2 is at. So, over the last couple of days, here's what's working: Scripted greeter now working. Indication of password failure, and password re-entry now working. Password expiry working. Autologin working. Support for LDM_DIRECTX working. New rc.d

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-27 Thread Francis Giraldeau
Hi Scott, Scott Balneaves a écrit : Just giving people a status update on where ldm2 is at. So, over the last couple of days, here's what's working: Scripted greeter now working. Indication of password failure, and password re-entry now working. Password expiry working. Autologin working.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

2007-07-27 Thread Jim Kronebusch
LDM_SERVER could be a space separated list of hosts. Something like LDM_SERVER=192.168.0.254 192.168.0.253 192.168.0.252 Or, names, if the administrator sets things up in the chroot for /etc/hosts and/or resolve.conf. Glad to see you're working on this, I think all your suggestions