On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 09:37 -0500, Scott Balneaves wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 02:07:23PM +0200, Pierre Yann Baco wrote: > > > First sites used woody+LTSP4.2. Last june, the local education > > department required all schools to be updated to Ubuntu Hardy + LTSP5. > > I've done so (inc. adding an extra 64Mb in some (too) thin clients) in > > august. Globally, the new solution runs fine. LTSP5 is easy to > > setup-configure, it supports a large set of hardware, local USB-sound > > works like a charm. > > Good to hear.
<snip> > > 2°) PolicyKit: > > - Can't use GNOME administration utilities (users-admin etc.) on a > > thin client. (same happens within NX remote sessions). Works only on > > server console. It's also a real issue when the server is in a locked > > room. I've found a couple of threads about this, but could not find a > > real solution for it. I've tried almost all polkit-gnome-authorization > > configurations: still no success. And don't even think to ask a teacher > > to run useradd/userdel from command line to add 30 login names every > > Sept 1st.... > > OK, we'll have a look into this one. Is this a case where policy-kit isn't > remote aware, I wonder. This is indeed a problem with Ubuntu Hardy. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/221363 -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
