Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-24 Thread Dumas Patrice
Hi, > I think you've given me a new favorite toy. > This could really simply management; I had no idea rpm would do this. This is how another X thin clients package, xterminals, works. http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/xterminals/ There are advantages (easier to add new packages), but if you want to do

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-23 Thread David Johnston
> >Jason, if you're ever in Charlotte, drinks are on me. > Hehe. I don't drink. ... I mean, umm. I drink water. ... Well you > know what I mean. :) As do you. I assume you do, from time to time, eat. There are a number of fine restaurants in Charlotte, and you have a meal waiting for you wh

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-23 Thread Jason A. Pattie
David Johnston wrote: >I think you've given me a new favorite toy. >This could really simply management; I had no idea rpm would do this. > Yep. It's how I built our diskless fax/data server for dialin and incoming fax connections. I also used this same technique to build a very minimal filesy

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-23 Thread David Johnston
"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > David Johnston wrote: > >"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > >>>Cobus Hill wrote: Cobus: I know you can also force the rpm to install to a certain Cobus: dircectory but there are a few rpms i have encountered that does Cobus: not allow for this to happen. Jason: I think you can

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-23 Thread Jason A. Pattie
David Johnston wrote: >"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > >>>Cobus Hill wrote: >>> I know you can also force the rpm to install to a certain dircectory but there are >a few rpms i have encountered that does not allow for this to happen. >>Umm. I think you can get away with relocating any RPM o

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-22 Thread David Johnston
"Jason A. Pattie" wrote: > >Cobus Hill wrote: > >>I know you can also force the rpm to install to a certain dircectory but there are >a few rpms i have encountered that does not allow for this to happen. > >> > Umm. I think you can get away with relocating any RPM out there that > you want. May

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-22 Thread Jason A. Pattie
David Johnston wrote: >Cobus Hill wrote: > >>I know you can also force the rpm to install to a certain dircectory but there are a >few rpms i have encountered that does not allow for this to happen. >> Umm. I think you can get away with relocating any RPM out there that you want. Maybe 'rel

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-22 Thread David Johnston
Cobus Hill wrote: > > Okay firstly this is for local-apps enabled workstations, > I was thinking down the line of, say you have RPMS you want to install for the >workstations it will be a lot easier to boot the workstation with a read-write >environment, run rpm on the workstation. this will t

[Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-21 Thread Cobus Hill
Okay firstly this is for local-apps enabled workstations, I was thinking down the line of, say you have RPMS you want to install for the workstations it will be a lot easier to boot the workstation with a read-write environment, run rpm on the workstation. this will then expand the rpm to the c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-20 Thread MCE
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:54:52 -0400 (EDT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adding 'rw' to the exports file won't do it. Sorry, you're obviously right! Thing is I don't use initrd and I'used to think that al people does the same as mine!! A little bit egocentric, I think! -- Fabio Papa - italian LTS

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw (fwd)

2002-04-19 Thread David Johnston
John_Cuzzola wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:11:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: John_Cuzzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw > > > Adding 'rw' to the exports fi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw (fwd)

2002-04-19 Thread John_Cuzzola
*** Ooops didn't send the email to the list at first (sorry Jim) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:11:53 -0700 (PDT) From: John_Cuzzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw > Adding 'rw&#

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-19 Thread jam
Adding 'rw' to the exports file won't do it. that will only make it 'possible' for clients to mount it. the client will still mount it read-only, because that is how the mount command is setup in the linuxrc script within the initrd. You'd have to modify that script and build a new initrd. I w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-19 Thread MCE
Hi Cobus, it is enough to place an rw instead of ro in /etc/exports file on the server. However, note that this will make ALL the warkstation mount it in rw mode, causing the root filesystem to become modificable from every workstation: this is usually unwanted, even because this fs shoul

[Ltsp-discuss] Mounting / as rw

2002-04-19 Thread Cobus Hill
hi I just want to know how to mount the / directory on the workstation so that it is not a Read only file system. Cobus Hill _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourcefor