Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 login weirdness

2015-03-04 Thread Tim Johnston
Vagrant. Thanks for the reply. In due course, I might get the updated Ubuntu package. For the moment, I hacked up the scripts in > /opt/ltsp5/i386/usr/share/ltsp/screen.d/ to get the desired result. At least "telnet" and "startx" suffer from the same problem. Arguments not passed properly. Th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 login weirdness

2015-03-02 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2015-02-12, Tim Johnston wrote: ltsp-server-standalone 5.5.1-1ubuntu2 ... >>> I have /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp5/i386/lts.conf as: >>> >>> >[default] SERVER=192.168.10.1 SCREEN_01=shell SCREEN_02=telnet SCREEN_03=kiosk >> ... TELNET_HOS

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 login weirdness

2015-02-12 Thread Tim Johnston
vagrant Thanks for the reply. >>> ltsp-server-standalone 5.5.1-1ubuntu2 >> >> and done the ltsp-build client. >> >> I have /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp5/i386/lts.conf as: >> >> >[default] >>>SERVER=192.168.10.1 >>> SCREEN_01=shell >>> SCREEN_02=telnet >>> SCREEN_03=kiosk

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 login weirdness

2015-02-12 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2015-02-12, Tim Johnston wrote: > On recently upgraded Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty). > > I've installed > >> ltsp-server-standalone 5.5.1-1ubuntu2 > > and done the ltsp-build client. > > I have /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp5/i386/lts.conf as: > > >[default] >> SERVER=192.168.10.1 >>SCREEN_

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 LocalMedia for terminals with LDAP users

2012-12-11 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Hallo Edgar, Edgar Kogler schrieb am 10.12.2012 23:49: > I managed to activate ldap-authentication on the terminals from our domain > controller. I want our users to have access to their local media on the > terminals. What I found in the docs is that with LTSP5 the user logging in > on the termi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 LocalMedia for terminals with LDAP users

2012-12-11 Thread Lance Levsen
Loose notes of mine. It's been a while since I set these up. Once done you forget because it just works. I go to slap for LDAP though, so it may be a bit different to a Domain Controller. Make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf has: passwd: compat ldap group: compat ldap shadow: co

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 on Fedroa 12.

2010-01-30 Thread Appiah
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:57 AM, wrote: > Sir, > > anyone having working Ltsp 5 server on Fedora 12 on single network card. > If anyone have please guide how to install Ltsp 5 on Fedora 12. > > Rajeev. > Hello, https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide this is the guide for LTSP on F

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-28 Thread Jakob Unterwurzacher
Am 2010-01-28 14:57, schrieb Michael George: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:39:13AM +0100, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote: >> Am 2010-01-26 12:20, schrieb Michael George: >>> I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client >>> system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-28 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le jeudi 28 janvier 2010 12:19:16, Michael George a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:07:19PM -0500, Eric Thibodeau wrote: > > > For the most part, LTSP does a very good job of detecting what > > > hardware???s on your thin client. However, it???s possible that you may > > > want to manually spe

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-28 Thread Michael George
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:39:13AM +0100, Jakob Unterwurzacher wrote: > Am 2010-01-26 12:20, schrieb Michael George: > > I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > > system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > > necessary files, but the ter

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-28 Thread Michael George
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:07:19PM -0500, Eric Thibodeau wrote: > > For the most part, LTSP does a very good job of detecting what hardware???s > > on > > your thin client. However, it???s possible that you may want to manually > > specify > > a kernel module to load after boot. > > _after

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-28 Thread Jakob Unterwurzacher
Am 2010-01-26 12:20, schrieb Michael George: > I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > necessary files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to > mount / over NFS. It says that t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-27 Thread Eric Thibodeau
> For the most part, LTSP does a very good job of detecting what hardware’s on > your thin client. However, it’s possible that you may want to manually > specify > a kernel module to load after boot. _after boot_ ...which implies you got past the NFSroot mounting...which he can't since he

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-27 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le mercredi 27 janvier 2010 18:44:40, Michael George a écrit : > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:20:38AM -0500, Michael George wrote: > > I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > > system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > > necessary files,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, Gentoo, Dell Optiplex

2010-01-27 Thread Michael George
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:20:38AM -0500, Michael George wrote: > I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system. I have the client > system built, the TFTP (tftp-hpa) and DHCP (dhcp) working to provide the > necessary files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to > mount / over N

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-23 Thread Jeff Siddall
Lars Madsen wrote: > does your USB sticks appear under /media/user ? Yes > floppy and Data CDs appear on the desktop and in Places just fine. It is > only USB sticks that causes problems. Like I said I have no way to test floppies and CDs so they _might_ work in KDE also. Maybe someone else ca

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-23 Thread Lars Madsen
Jeff Siddall wrote: > Lars Madsen wrote: >>> (2) RHEL 5.3 uses Gnome 2.16, it will automatically detect the two >>> floppy mounts, place them on the desktop and in the "Places" menu, but >>> USB and CDROM are not picked up. Any idea on how to fix this? >>> >>> I've seen a patch for ltspfsmounter

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-19 Thread Jeff Siddall
Lars Madsen wrote: >> (2) RHEL 5.3 uses Gnome 2.16, it will automatically detect the two >> floppy mounts, place them on the desktop and in the "Places" menu, but >> USB and CDROM are not picked up. Any idea on how to fix this? >> >> I've seen a patch for ltspfsmounter that will add the icons for

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-18 Thread Lars Madsen
> (2) RHEL 5.3 uses Gnome 2.16, it will automatically detect the two > floppy mounts, place them on the desktop and in the "Places" menu, but > USB and CDROM are not picked up. Any idea on how to fix this? > > I've seen a patch for ltspfsmounter that will add the icons for USB ad > CDROM, but i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-16 Thread Lars Madsen
Lars Madsen wrote: > Lars Madsen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've finally managed to get LTSP 5 working with RHEL 5, by using an >> Ubuntu based client, and some extensive script modifications. >> >> I still have a few problems though, that I hope you could help me fix. >> >> (1) the mounted local devices

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 localdev and icons on the desktop

2009-06-16 Thread Lars Madsen
Lars Madsen wrote: > Hi, > > I've finally managed to get LTSP 5 working with RHEL 5, by using an > Ubuntu based client, and some extensive script modifications. > > I still have a few problems though, that I hope you could help me fix. > > (1) the mounted local devices appear twice on the serve

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10[in way to be solved]

2009-03-12 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 12/03/2009 14:50, David Hopkins a écrit : >> I should have begun there: here is my network config >> >> - - 2 ethernet devices eth0 an eth1: eth0 is the internet interface, >> associated to an ADSL connection, and eth1 is plugged to a switch >> prov

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-12 Thread David Hopkins
> I should have begun there: here is my network config > > - - 2 ethernet devices eth0 an eth1: eth0 is the internet interface, > associated to an ADSL connection, and eth1 is plugged to a switch > providing a private network for computers and thin client (which used to > connect the server with lt

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-11 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 11/03/2009 19:41, David Hopkins a écrit : >> I am wondering if there is not an IP issue because the boot server has >> default IP 172.31.100.254 and ldm seems to answer on 192.168.1.1 which >> is the eth1 IP on which my lan is connected. > >> In th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-11 Thread David Hopkins
> I am wondering if there is not an IP issue because the boot server has > default IP 172.31.100.254 and ldm seems to answer on 192.168.1.1 which > is the eth1 IP on which my lan is connected. > In the instructions on https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide > there are no information o

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-11 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 10/03/2009 18:44, David Hopkins a écrit : I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. I followed instructions there: https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide But failed >>> Ma

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-10 Thread David Hopkins
>>> >>> I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. >>> >>> I followed instructions there: >>> >>> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide >>> >>> But failed >> >> Make sure you follow them exactly up to the point that you have to >> enable the network for re

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-10 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Hopkins a écrit : >> Bonjour, >> >> I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. >> >> I followed instructions there: >> >> https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide >> >> But failed > > Make sure you follow

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on fedora 10

2009-03-10 Thread David Hopkins
> Bonjour, > > I try to install an ltsp-server to boot thin clients on my f10 box. > > I followed instructions there: > > https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/wiki/InstallGuide > > But failed Make sure you follow them exactly up to the point that you have to enable the network for real thin clien

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf

2009-03-08 Thread Helmut Dier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Rob you are right. that depends mainly on the distribution. In lenny you find it in the [chroot]/etc. but that was not the question. The other configurations at my site work fine (using multiple autologins and so on). Also rebooting the thin cl

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf

2009-03-05 Thread Rob Owens
I'd just like to point out that LTSP 5 on Debian puts lts.conf in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc. I think the location is related to whether NFS or NBD is used for the root image. If NBD is used, then lts.conf must not be in /opt/ltsp/i386, so it gets put in /var/lib/tftpboot/i386. Somebody correct me if

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf

2009-03-04 Thread José Queiroz
Hi Helmut, LTSP 5 uses lts.conf in "/var/lib/tftpboot/i386", as stated by Keith. The file in "/opt/ltsp/i386/etc" is just a dummy file, and there's a lot of problems you have if you try using it. PS: Antonio, evite postar em português na lista internacional, nem sempre você vai ter sorte de encon

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf

2009-02-23 Thread Helmut Dier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Supposing you use a standardinstallation the lts.conf file is in yout chroot (as you mentionend /opt/ltsp/i386/etc). reagrads Helmut - -- - Helmut Dier, SysAdmin at ]a[, Vienna email: he...@gmx.at - --

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf

2009-02-23 Thread Keith
It is found in: /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/lts.conf - Original Message - From: "Antonio Prado" To: Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp 5 - lts.conf > Em qual diretório deve ser definido o lts.conf ? Ao que li não deve mais > ser definido em /opt/ltsp/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2009-01-27 Thread Shrenik Bhura
At least switching to nfs booted for me except that i am having issues with gdm not starting properly. SB Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > Hi Vagrant > > Please help me with this. I am trying out a normal debian Ltsp-5. > > Loading, please wait... > >> IP-Config: eth0 hardware address xx:xx:xx:x

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2008-12-24 Thread jam
On Thursday 25 December 2008 02:09:02 ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > It seems I need a different 'pxelinux.cfg/default'  for nfs mounting, > > currently it is for using nbd-server. Please help me to change to nfs. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWithoutN

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2008-12-23 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 01:59:11PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > It seems I need a different 'pxelinux.cfg/default' for nfs mounting, > currently it is for using nbd-server. Please help me to change to nfs. you should just ensure that boot=nfs is in /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/i386/pxelinux.cfg/de

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2008-12-22 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 09:29:11 Nataraj S Narayan, vous avez écrit : > It seems I need a different 'pxelinux.cfg/default' for nfs mounting, > currently it is for using nbd-server. Please help me to change to nfs. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPWithoutNFS look for "Reverting t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2008-12-22 Thread Nataraj S Narayan
Hi It seems I need a different 'pxelinux.cfg/default' for nfs mounting, currently it is for using nbd-server. Please help me to change to nfs. Nataraj S Narayan On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:42:43AM -0800, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: >>

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 problem on Etch : showing initramfs prompt

2008-12-20 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:42:43AM -0800, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > Please help me with this. I am trying out a normal debian Ltsp-5. ..snip... > > rootserver: 192.168.0.254 rootpath: /opt/ltsp/i386 > > filename : /ltsp/i386/nbi.img > > Error: Connect: Connection refused > > mou

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-20 Thread Chris Roberts
On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Xavier Brochard wrote: > If the cost of license is a problem, you could also try the 2X product. > > There is a free (as in beer) edition of 2X which allow 5 simultaneous > connection. See http://2x.com/ > > There is also the free (as in speech: GPL) 2X ThinClientServer PXE

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-20 Thread Edward
Linux termial server client for windows caveat emptor http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxts/ -- _ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-19 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le jeudi 18 décembre 2008 12:41:11 Nataraj S Narayan, vous avez écrit : > The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants > to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. This > person is a client of a personal friend of mine, so I am being forced > to help h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 over Grub

2008-12-19 Thread Michael Collins
For some reason this does not sound like LTSP. Might be just me.? On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:13:42PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > > This is some where in the middle of my Ltsp server on XP experiment. > > that doesn't sound very fu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp-5 over Grub

2008-12-19 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 04:13:42PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > This is some where in the middle of my Ltsp server on XP experiment. that doesn't sound very fun... :) > I finally managed to get vmlinuz -2.6.26-1-486, > initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486 and a i386.img (file system). For this I used >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread jam
On Thursday 18 December 2008 23:20:51 ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > I need to use Ltsp linux clients, but they tftp server, dhcp server > and nfs server are hosted on a Windows XP machine. Can I have the > pxelinux.0 ,ltsp kernel and file system Image on an XP machine? I read

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Chris Roberts
On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Scott Balneaves wrote: > Although, by using LTSP thin clients for access, he won't have to buy the > "client" side of the license, he'll still be liable for the "server" side > of the license which, last time I checked (4+ years ago) was the expensive > bit. > > Could someo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Gudmund Areskoug
Scott Balneaves skrev: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 05:11:11PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: >> Hi >> >> The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants >> to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. > > Although, by using LTSP thin clients for access, he w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Rob Owens
Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 05:11:11PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: >> Hi >> >> The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants >> to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. > > Although, by using LTSP thin clients for access, he w

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 05:11:11PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > Hi > > The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants > to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. Although, by using LTSP thin clients for access, he won't have to buy the "client" si

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Shrenik Bhura
I believe the answer to your woes lies here: http://www.thinstation.net/ Keep it simple dude. ;-) Hope I haven't over-simplified your need. SB -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nev

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Asmo Koskinen
Asmo Koskinen kirjoitti: > Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (Virtualbox XP (Ubuntu 7.10 Server KVM (Fedora 10 > (Fedora 10 Thin Client > > http://www.arkki.info/howto/Fedora10/KVM_Virtualbox_01.png Krhm... Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop (Virtualbox XP (Ubuntu 8.10 Server KVM (Fedora 10 Fedora 10 Thin Client

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Asmo Koskinen
Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) kirjoitti: > I guess running an LTSP server inside a virtual machine inside of > Windows would probably be a bit better. Something like this ;-) Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (Virtualbox XP (Ubuntu 7.10 Server KVM (Fedora 10 (Fedora 10 Thin Client http://www.arkki.info/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Chris Roberts wrote: > I would say so, but it makes my head hurt - it's probably the most convuluted > method of connecting to a Windows machine imaginable, and does nothing to > avoid the licensing costs. I guess running an LTSP server inside a virtual machine inside of Windows would probably b

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Chris Roberts
On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants > to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions.  This > person is a client of a personal friend of mine, so I am being forced > to help him. Licence restricti

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Rob Owens
Maybe these links will be of interest: http://www.ncomputing.com/ http://www.xpunlimited.com/ Sounds like what you really want to do is run a regular LTSP server and RDP to a Windows Terminal Server and/or Windows XP machine. I suggest you use LTSP 5, and forget about putting tftp, etc on the Win

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Nataraj S Narayan
Well, I think the guy needs RDP as just one of the Apps, while he can use all other Linux apps. Come on, at least we give credit for an M$ guy is trying out Linux. He might switch over fully soon enough. regards Nataraj On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > N

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants > to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. This > person is a client of a personal friend of mine, so I am being forced > to help him. Nonsense. A real friend won't ask you to h

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Ashish Nabira
Yes you can have something of this sort. But you have to enable Terminal server on XP. There was some workaround for that. You can have DHCP,TFTP running on XP. there is one free utility available for it. I am forgetting this name as I have done this 3-4 years back. Once you make your thinc

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Nataraj S Narayan
Hi The situation is like this. A guy who was a techie at Microsoft wants to have RDP from thin clients without the license restrictions. This person is a client of a personal friend of mine, so I am being forced to help him. The plan is to boot Linux over network and use RDP client in Linux to c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Ltsp 5 files on Windows XP

2008-12-18 Thread Chris Roberts
On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Nataraj S Narayan wrote: > I need to use Ltsp linux clients, but they tftp server, dhcp server > and nfs server are hosted on a Windows XP machine. Can I have the > pxelinux.0 ,ltsp kernel and file system Image on an XP machine? I struggle to understand, perhaps this makes

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread marc cyr
You might want to take a look there: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall Marc On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Varun Pabrai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hello, > > > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > I have never done ltsp on Ubuntu. >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-12 Thread jam
On Thursday 13 November 2008 07:20:41 ltsp-discuss- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > > > apt-get showed me the following packages : > > ltsp-client > > ltsp-client - core > > ltspfs > > ltspfsd > > ltsp - manager > > ltsp - server > > l

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-12 Thread Jordan Erickson
Varun, See the Ubuntu LTSP documentation - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP Cheers, Jordan/Lns Varun Pabrai wrote: > Hello, > > > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > I have never done ltsp on Ubuntu. > > I have never done ltsp-5. > > apt-get showed m

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Asmo Koskinen
Ivan Torretti - Sun Microsystems Schweiz AG kirjoitti: > yes sure this is the easiest way to install ltsp on a ubuntu... but the > learn effect is very poor Ok. You can read these pages about theory first and then install the way you like most. http://doc.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/edubuntu/handbook/

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Varun Varun Pabrai wrote: > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. >From a command line, do a "sudo apt-get install ltsp-server". If you want to run a DHCP server from the same machine, do a "sudo apt-get install ltsp-server-standalone". If your server IP is not on a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Ivan Torretti - Sun Microsystems Schweiz AG
Hi Asmo yes sure this is the easiest way to install ltsp on a ubuntu... but the learn effect is very poor regards Ivan Asmo Koskinen wrote: > Varun Pabrai kirjoitti: > > >> I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. >> >> I want to setup ltsp-server. >> > > > >> Please explain me the individual

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Asmo Koskinen
Varun Pabrai kirjoitti: > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > Please explain me the individual packages and > Which of the following packages I need to install. Please, please - Use Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate (i386), it has everything you need out-of-box. "The ins

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Ivan Torretti - Sun Microsystems Schweiz AG
Hi Varun i have installed Ubuntu 8.04 with LTSP5 for a School Project i cannot explain all the packages but i can say to you which package i have used! ltsp-server-standalone --> this package is the hole ltsp environment (standalone means that you use the ltsp server as dhcp server too) ltsp-s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] ltsp-5 on Ubuntu

2008-11-11 Thread Sudev Barar
2008/11/12 Varun Pabrai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have installed Ubuntu-8.04. > I want to setup ltsp-server. > > apt-get showed me the following packages : > ltsp-client > ltsp-client - core > ltspfs > ltspfsd > ltsp - manager > ltsp - server > ltsp - server - standalone > > Please explain me the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-11-04 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Montag, den 03.11.2008, 11:14 -0500 schrieb Gideon Romm: > acpid is not installed in a default chroot. it definately is in ubuntu, not sure what chroot you look at though, but ltsp-client depends on it since hardy (i'm not sure, but i think it was like that even in gutsy) ciao oli

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-11-03 Thread Gideon Romm
acpid is not installed in a default chroot. If you want to force "Instant Off" capabilities, you can either: 1. Go into the thin client BIOS and *disable* ACPI and set the Power button from "4 secs" to "Instant Off" (on most BIOSes); or 2. install acpid into your chroot and reroll the image -

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-11-03 Thread Francesco D'Offizi
Il giorno 01/nov/08, alle ore 12:00, SZABO Zsolt ha scritto: > On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Francesco D'Offizi wrote: > If user logout then client log in again, no way to tell the client to poweroff. Is there any solution to this task? >>> >>> The power(off) button on the box of

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-11-01 Thread SZABO Zsolt
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Francesco D'Offizi wrote: >>> If user logout then client log in again, no way to tell the client to >>> poweroff. >>> >>> Is there any solution to this task? >> >> The power(off) button on the box of the client? ;-) > > Great, but only pushing it doesn't work... it should be th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-11-01 Thread Francesco D'Offizi
Il giorno 31/ott/08, alle ore 21:00, SZABO Zsolt ha scritto: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Francesco D'Offizi wrote: > >> I set up some LTSP clients with autologin but I need to even to >> poweroff >> clients when users finish working but with this configuration it >> seems to be >> not possible at

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-10-31 Thread jam
On Saturday 01 November 2008 07:55:29 ltsp-discuss- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I set up some LTSP clients with autologin but I need to even to   > poweroff clients when users finish working but with this configuration   > it seems to be not possible at all. > If user logout then client log in again

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5, LDM Autologin and poweroff

2008-10-31 Thread SZABO Zsolt
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Francesco D'Offizi wrote: > I set up some LTSP clients with autologin but I need to even to poweroff > clients when users finish working but with this configuration it seems to be > not possible at all. > If user logout then client log in again, no way to tell the client to

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-27 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Timothy Legge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Just a couple of notes on my recent implementation of Ubuntu with LTSP > 5. The progress on sound, local devices etc is amazing compared to my > first FC1 based install. Most things just work in initial testing bu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-27 Thread David Burgess
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Timothy Legge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Just a couple of notes on my recent implementation of Ubuntu with LTSP > 5. The progress on sound, local devices etc is amazing compared to my > first FC1 based install. Most things just work in initial testing bu

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Timothy Legge
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for bringing some sanity to this discussion. That's all the > original poster was looking for -- a way to share his learning > experience with others. Exactly. My original post listed a couple of the issues I ran int

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread jam
On Friday 17 October 2008 21:10:26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No it simply means YOU don't know how to do it. Making LTSP more > > complicated to solve THAT problem is silly. > > My previous mail shows 2 ways to achieve bog-standard-ltsp AND > > administrator access without passwd access from th

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Owens
Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 01:51:45PM -0600, David Burgess wrote: > >> I'm not criticising the ltsp team. I love what they provide. And I'm >> not asking anybody--I hope--to change the way your ssh server or ltsp >> server operates. I simply think it would be a boon to the pr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Owens
Jordan Erickson wrote: > (I apologize in advance for my harsh tone, I truly mean no offense. I'm > just, for whatever reason, pretty hell-bent as Rob says, about this. ;) ) > > David Burgess wrote: >> Sure, but this setup doesn't prevent h4xorz in the far east from >> breaking into my server on 1

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Owens
Oliver Grawert wrote: > hi, > Am Donnerstag, den 16.10.2008, 14:24 -0400 schrieb Rob Owens: >> I think the main issue here is that LTSP 5 requires the use of ssh, and >> it requires some relatively relaxed security settings -- in particular, >> it requires that you allow password authentication. >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Owens
jam wrote: > On Friday 17 October 2008 01:47:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Personally I don't see the benefit to have an additional SSH server > by default running... if your network isn't firewalled, you've got a > lot more to worry about than an open SSH port. It's common network >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Owens
jam wrote: > On Friday 17 October 2008 05:01:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > [snip] >> As I've pointed out, ltsp is an alternate use of ssh, and as Rob >> pointed out, ltsp requires that ssh be configured in a way that is >> simply unacceptable for traditional use, i.e., remote (open) access. > [s

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:58 PM, jam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No it simply means YOU don't know how to do it. Making LTSP more complicated > to solve THAT problem is silly. > My previous mail shows 2 ways to achieve bog-standard-ltsp AND administrator > access without passwd access from the in

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread jam
On Friday 17 October 2008 05:01:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > As I've pointed out, ltsp is an alternate use of ssh, and as Rob > pointed out, ltsp requires that ssh be configured in a way that is > simply unacceptable for traditional use, i.e., remote (open) access. [snip] No it simply mea

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread jam
On Friday 17 October 2008 01:47:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Security through complexity is dumb and ends up biting you: > > Security by obscurity will probably work against brute force ssh worms, but > is less likely to work where there is a determined attack. > > > My server is on a 192.168.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread jam
On Friday 17 October 2008 01:47:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Personally I don't see the benefit to have an additional SSH server > > > > by default running... if your network isn't firewalled, you've got a > > > > lot more to worry about than an open SSH port. It's common network > > > > ad

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Donnerstag, den 16.10.2008, 14:24 -0400 schrieb Rob Owens: > I think the main issue here is that LTSP 5 requires the use of ssh, and > it requires some relatively relaxed security settings -- in particular, > it requires that you allow password authentication. thats a mis-assumption, there a

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Timothy Legge
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should note that now is a good time to harden /etc/ssh/sshd_config > -- otherwise there was no point in this whole excercise. For instance: > > PermitRootLogin no > PasswordAuthentication no > AllowUsers myadminuser mybac

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread David Burgess
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Jordan Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I apologize in advance for my harsh tone, I truly mean no offense. I'm > just, for whatever reason, pretty hell-bent as Rob says, about this. ;) ) Your tone doesn't bother me. I think it's been a good discussion. > **L

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Scott Balneaves
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 01:51:45PM -0600, David Burgess wrote: > I'm not criticising the ltsp team. I love what they provide. And I'm > not asking anybody--I hope--to change the way your ssh server or ltsp > server operates. I simply think it would be a boon to the project to > remove some of the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Jordan Erickson
(I apologize in advance for my harsh tone, I truly mean no offense. I'm just, for whatever reason, pretty hell-bent as Rob says, about this. ;) ) David Burgess wrote: >> No offense, but this is what learning how openssh-server works is all >> about. >> > > I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread David Burgess
> No offense, but this is what learning how openssh-server works is all > about. I'm not sure what you mean by that. Certainly not everyone enjoys seeing how every config file works. Some admins and I'd say the vast majority of users just want things to work. To repeat an analogy I heard recently,

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Jordan Erickson
Rob Owens wrote: > I think the main issue here is that LTSP 5 requires the use of ssh, and > it requires some relatively relaxed security settings -- in particular, > it requires that you allow password authentication. > > Jordan, I don't understand why you're so hell-bent on preventing an easy > f

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Rob Owens
I think the main issue here is that LTSP 5 requires the use of ssh, and it requires some relatively relaxed security settings -- in particular, it requires that you allow password authentication. Jordan, I don't understand why you're so hell-bent on preventing an easy fix for this. That's all the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread Jordan Erickson
David Burgess wrote: >> Seriously, this conversation is getting kind of silly. I seriously see >> no need to launch a completely separate sshd just for administrators on >> a different port. There are plenty of network-layer utils available to >> secure a port from the outside world. There is no ne

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP 5 Ubuntu and Server hardening

2008-10-16 Thread David Van Assche
Ooops, youre right, nice catch... David Van Assche www.nubae.com On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Kenneth Tanzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad to hear it. The documentation, however, seems to be written the > other way: > >> The solution is to create 2 instances ssh, one serving the internal

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