Can you provide more info as to what *does* happen? -Gadi
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 17:38 -0300, Job wrote: > Hello Jim, > > I download and try the new ldm version, but autologin does no work. > I saw the code and see that ldm get info from lts.conf > I lts.conf i put > > [00:44:00..] > LDM_USERNAME = wk1 > LDM_PASSWORD = pass1 > > but does not work. > > do you have any suggestions? > > thanks a lot > > Job > > Jim McQuillan escreveu: > > Faraz, > > > > password aging is currently being added to LDM. In fact, LDM has been > > completely rewritten in C, so it's much faster than the python version. > > Not because python is necessarily slow, but because it's so slow to > > load the python interpreter and libraries across the NFS root filesystem. > > > > Jim McQuillan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Faraz Khan wrote: > > > > > Just a comment regarding LDM - for slightly larger 'corporate' setups we > > > would need forceful password changes, password aging, etc. SSH correctly > > > handles these (through PAM or Kerberos) but LDM does not. I know this > > > may be low priority- but is there a wish list i can add this to? this > > > really prevents me from implementing LDM at slightly 'corporate' > > > locations. I thought of doing this myself but really see no way this can > > > be easily done (unless the thin client does a PAM authenticate first and > > > then ssh) > > > > > > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 10:52 -0400, Jim McQuillan wrote: > > > > > > > Gideon Romm wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anthony- > > > > > > > > > > ssh is still used as a communication tunnel between client and server. > > > > > For example, it is used to launch the session, set up sound, trigger > > > > > mounting of local devices, that sort of thing. The only difference is > > > > > that you are not proxying the ssh traffic through ssh, so you > > > > > eliminate > > > > > > > > > I think he meant "not proxying the X traffic through ssh" > > > > > > > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > > the overhead of encrypting the video data (the majority of the ssh > > > > > overhead in the secure scenario) and, more importantly for > > > > > performance, > > > > > you are not proxying the X traffic, but rather directly talking > > > > > between > > > > > the applications and the xserver. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > -Gadi > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 22:12 -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I apologize. I tried it again, this time with a fresh setup, and > > > > > > everything worked perfectly. I must have setup things incorrectly > > > > > > on > > > > > > the first attempt because your modified LDM script works > > > > > > beautifully. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am curious, is it just X that's no longer being encrypted over ssh > > > > > > with the new LDM_DIRECTX option or is the entire terminal session no > > > > > > longer using ssh, because I noticed that sshd is still a running > > > > > > process. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 17:19 -0400, Gideon Romm wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anthony, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In LTSP5, gdm is not used at all. You need not enable XDMCP in > > > > > > > gdm or > > > > > > > even have gdm installed on the server. If enabling it changed > > > > > > > things, > > > > > > > that must mean you have SCREEN_07=startx in your lts.conf. Don't > > > > > > > do > > > > > > > that. Take it out. Use ldm. Then, you localdev and everything > > > > > > > else > > > > > > > should work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Gadi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 21:53 -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I gave this version of LDM a whirl and was pleasantly > > > > > > > > surprised. It > > > > > > > > does boot quicker and, after configuring GDM for remote logins, > > > > > > > > I was > > > > > > > > quickly presented with a login screen. Sound still works, but > > > > > > > > I notice > > > > > > > > that the USE_XFS and LOCALDEV options in the lts.conf file do > > > > > > > > not have > > > > > > > > an effect. Local devices aren't critical, but I need access to > > > > > > > > the XFS > > > > > > > > server since we use IBM's iSeries Access that requires > > > > > > > > un/scalable > > > > > > > > fonts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 09:34 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, I met with Gideon Romm at our North Central Linux > > > > > > > > > Symposium. He has been > > > > > > > > > working on modifications to the code for ldm to allow the > > > > > > > > > bypass of X being encrypted > > > > > > > > > over ssh. He has also added functionality to be able to use > > > > > > > > > autologin. You can > > > > > > > > > download the modified ldm from here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~gideon/ltsp/gadi-ldm-mods-ltsp/download/gadi%40ltsp.org-20070521205254-ek710bofdpdtlwlz/x_Matt_Zimmerman_%3Cmatt.zimmerman%40canonical.com%3E_Tue_Jun__7_19%3A59%3A49_2005_32192.0/ldm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Replace your current "/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/sbin/ldm" with the > > > > > > > > > new file (you may want to > > > > > > > > > backup your current ldm just to be safe). The in > > > > > > > > > "/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf" add the > > > > > > > > > following line: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LDM_DIRECTX=True > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You will now be able to run without X being encrypted, which > > > > > > > > > in theory should allow LTSP > > > > > > > > > 5 to run at the same speed as LTSP 4.2. Bootup times and > > > > > > > > > logout times will still be > > > > > > > > > slower, but once booted things should zoom along. So far my > > > > > > > > > tests show that this works > > > > > > > > > awesome! I am still waiting for my new clients to really > > > > > > > > > give this a go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you would like to use autologin features you simply need > > > > > > > > > to add the following line to > > > > > > > > > lts.conf: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LDM_USERNAME=hostname > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently this lets you use the same user=workstation method > > > > > > > > > that worked in LTSP 4.2. > > > > > > > > > You will still need to setup ssh keys OR create the same > > > > > > > > > password for each user and > > > > > > > > > specify LDM_PASSWORD="mypassword" (in lts.conf). You also > > > > > > > > > need to specify workstation > > > > > > > > > names in dhcpd.conf so that workstations do not all have the > > > > > > > > > same hostname (I am not > > > > > > > > > sure if this is able to be done with the /etc/hosts file as > > > > > > > > > well). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyhow this hacked ldm should allow LTSP 5 to finally be > > > > > > > > > usable in larger installations > > > > > > > > > instead of hanging on to LTSP 4.2. Also I guess that Scott > > > > > > > > > Balneaves has rewritten some > > > > > > > > > of the python startup files in C, which should clear up some > > > > > > > > > boot time problems in the > > > > > > > > > next Gutsy release (Scott, sorry if I butchered up what > > > > > > > > > exactly you have been working on). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Kronebusch > > > > > > > > > Cotter Tech Department > > > > > > > > > 453-5188 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > > > > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and > > > > > > > > take > > > > > > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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