On 18 February 2015 at 20:43, Wolfgang Schweer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi. > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:29:51PM +0530, uday bhatye wrote: > > > > I'm using wheezy. A mix of thin clients & diskless workstations on > > 10.0.0.0/8 network. > > > > Used sitesummary2ldapdhcp, then added machines on main network to > > workstation-hosts netgroup. > > Hi, > > Firstly, thanks very much for the reply. > > Adding diskless workstations isn't needed -- unless you want to use an > alternative to LDM (for LTSP clients). See the documentation for > details. > I read about adding them to netgroup in some list discussion while trying to troubleshoot. But, now I realize that it was old days. > > > Problem is when clients boot as thin clients, we get the home > > directories and can see other users' directories above them, also new > > files created are saved. Same machine, if booted as diskless > > workstation shows nothing apart from a blank Desktop directory in the > > home directory. > > If LDM is used (which is the LTSP default), only the home directory of > the logged in user is mounted (using sshfs), nothing else. So this is > the expected behaviour. See the documentation for details how to use > another DM like KDM, GDM or Lightdm along with NFS and automount. > > I mean to say that as diskless client, I get a blank home directory (similar to what we get on first time user login) without any of the user's files that are already present in /skole/tjener/home0/<user>/. But, I can see those when booted as thin client. > Any new files created are lost after reboot. > > This is strange. Do you really mean files in the user's home directory? > > Yes, I start diskless client (on main network) , log in and create/ download some files in home directory. I logout, relogin and they are still there. But I reboot the client, they are gone. Moreover, mount command on diskless workstation doesn't show anything mounted as home and pwd shows /skole/tjener/home0/<user> > Also, kerberos ticket is not renewing on clients. > > This is expected for diskless workstations as the login via LDM doesn't > allow it. If needed, it can be renewed manually -- see the > documentation. > > > Googled and tried a lot with no luck. > > I guess you'd be better off reading the Debian Edu documentation > available locally via https://www in the Debian Edu network -- or try > this all-in-one page: > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy/AllInOne > > and use your browser's search function. > I read it already but manual renewal as discribed in above docs -- by entering the password is also not working on diskless workstation. > > Wolfgang > > Regards, Uday B. Bhatye Physics Department, ASP College, Devrukh Ratnagiri Maharashtra - 415 804 9404933003
