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(Vu Nguyen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:29:36 +1000 > From: "Vu Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Urgent help request! was Re: how do you get something to > run when a user logs on? > To: john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you for the info, John. > It is very helpful for a newbie. It is good when I am not alone with my > idea. > Thanks and I'll get back with the results. > Vu Nguyen > Powerthink Mebourne > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:59 AM, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Vu, > > > > We use win2k3 for authentication as well via winbind. We used to host > > student files on a windows server and I believe we used the pam_mount > > module to mount the shares on a per user basis > > http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Last year we moved the student files over to Linux and we are happy > > with the results. Since we're in a mixed environment we can share > > files with WindowsXP users via samba, with our LTSP clients via NFS > > and even allow remote access via sftp. > > > > I DO wish that /etc/profile would still work as it used to. I am sure > > there are good reasons for moving to an image based approach (if > > that's the right way to describe it) but I don't like the fact that it > > breaks the way *nix has worked for 20 years or so. > > > > John > > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Vu Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi John and everyone, > > > Thanks for this post, I am also looking for the solution too. > > > I am deploying a lab with Edubuntu LTSP in a school, we have W2K3 > domain > > > setup already, I have tried likewise on normal ubuntu, it joins the > > domain > > > and everything is ok, but it seems that I don't have luck with Edubuntu > > > LTSP, I am working on this and next step will be "how to map their home > > > drive when they log on to the lab?". > > > Thanks for your help. > > > Ta. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:21 AM, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I am two days away from the start of school and the problem I > > >> described before still applies to me. If I can't figure this out I'll > > >> have to put off my upgrade to 8.04 (or 8.10 perhaps) until December. > > >> I'd really appreciate any help. > > >> > > >> This issue is I want to run some scripts that up until now have been > > >> called by /etc/profile. This has worked for me up through Edubuntu > > >> 7.04 The scripts use the system variables $HOME and $USER to map NFS > > >> shares to users desktops. I understand from oli and others that the > > >> image generated by 8.04 doesn't reference /etc/profile when users log > > >> in. > > >> > > >> When I tried calling these scripts from > > >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d per Ollies suggestion the scripts didn't seem to > > >> run, and in fact after accepting my credentials X just sent me back to > > >> the login screen, perhaps my syntax was incorrect. But I couldn't > > >> find any debug information in the logs to trouble shoot the issue. > > >> Where do I find more debug info? > > >> > > >> francois suggestion about putting the lines in > > >> /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/profile and then updating the image didn't work > > >> either. > > >> > > >> Below is the what I placed in my file called > > >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/85-SetupHome: > > >> > > >> > > >> #!/bin/sh > > >> # > > >> # SetupHome.sh > > >> # Clean up from previous session > > >> # > > >> # Sweep all files from $HOME and $HOME/Desktop to $HOME/Desktop/ZDrive > > >> # (ignores directories). > > >> # Makes Desktop and ZDrive dir entries if needed. > > >> # > > >> > > >> # Name of desktop itself > > >> dt=$HOME/Desktop > > >> if [ ! -e $dt ] > > >> then > > >> mkdir $dt > > >> fi > > >> > > >> # Name of ZDrive on Desktop > > >> zd=$dt/ZDrive > > >> > > >> # Storage server, and pre-built index of students on the server > > >> server=/mnt/ALLSTUDENTS > > >> index=$server/index.students > > >> > > >> # Make sure username is all lower case > > >> user=`echo $USER | tr A-Z a-z` > > >> > > >> # Zdrive does not exist, go figure it out > > >> if [ ! -e $zd ] > > >> then > > >> > > >> # Search file server for this user's directory > > >> if grep "/$user"'$' $index > /tmp/us$$ > > >> then > > >> store=$server/`cat /tmp/us$$` > > >> else > > >> # N.B., must fix for y3k compatibility > > >> store=$server/2*/$user > > >> fi > > >> rm -f /tmp/us$$ > > >> > > >> # Teachers, for instance, won't have storage on student fileserver > > >> if [ -e $store ] > > >> then > > >> ln -s $store $zd > > >> else > > >> # No ZDrive available for this user, just quietly leave > > >> exit 0 > > >> fi > > >> fi > > >> > > >> # If the user created files in the home directory, move them down > > >> # to the Desktop > > >> for src in "$HOME" "$dt" > > >> do > > >> # Walk entries in this dir > > >> cd $src > > >> for x in * > > >> do > > >> # Only process *files* in this dir > > >> if [ -f "$x" ] > > >> then > > >> # Calculate default destination > > >> dest="$zd/$x" > > >> > > >> # Oops, already there, concatenate an index number > > >> if [ -e "$dest" ] > > >> then > > >> # Start with <foo>_0, and count up until an opening is > > >> found > > >> count=0 > > >> dest2="$zd/$count""_$x" > > >> while [ -e "$dest2" ] > > >> do > > >> count=`expr $count + 1` > > >> dest2="$zd/$count""_$x" > > >> done > > >> cp "$x" "$dest2" && rm -f "$x" > > >> else > > >> cp "$x" "$dest" && rm -f "$x" > > >> fi > > >> fi > > >> done > > >> done > > >> > > >> > > >> exit 0 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Grawert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >> > hi, > > >> > On Do, 2008-08-28 at 08:03 -0700, john wrote: > > >> >> Hi all, > > >> >> > > >> >> I was wondering where I can put scripts that I want to run when a > > user > > >> >> logs on to a thin client. I used to put them in /etc/profile but > that > > >> >> doesn't seem to work under Hardy. It seems like LDM is somehow > > >> >> by-passing the stuff I put there. Can someone help me out? > > >> > ldm is executing /etc/X11/Xsession by default ... (like gdm or kdm > do) > > >> > one option would be to put stuff into /etc/X11/Xsession.d, another > is > > to > > >> > use the xdg autostart mechanism in /etc/xdg/autostart > > >> > > > >> > ciao > > >> > oli > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > edubuntu-users mailing list > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> -- > > >> edubuntu-users mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-users/attachments/20080902/a9810a12/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > End of edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 4 > ********************************************* >
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