Thanks, Mike - that's pretty much what I was looking for. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Mike Biancaniello <[email protected]>wrote:
> Not sure where I found this and I haven't done this yet, but it may be what > you need: > > http://oer.aptivate.org/wiki/Classroom_LTSP_Configuration#Guest_User_Accounts > > Basically, with edubuntu ltsp, you can't have a "guest" account created and > destroyed on the fly (at least not that I know of). You can enable > "LDM_GUESTLOGIN = True" in your lts.conf file, but then you have to tie that > to an actual user configured on the server. > What this guy did is to create 1 generic guest account (not designed for > anyone to log into), then create a separate guest account for each client > terminal ("guest"+mac). > Now, each terminal can login under an account, do what they need to do, > then you just blow it away and copy the generic guest acct. > > The website contains scripts to automate all of this. > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From*: Mark Ehle <[email protected]> > *To*: edubuntu-users <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 9:59 am > *Subject*: Wipe and recreate account before login > > Hello - > > At the library I work at, we are going to use Edubuntu to power our library > catalog kiosks, running fluxbox and firefox. We would like the stations to > automatically wipe and re-create the home directories of each user so that > each terminal has a fresh copy of things on each startup. Plus if we make > changes, we only have to make them at /etc/skel and then reboot the > terminals. Or at least that's how I imagine it. > > Has anybody tackled this one before? > > Thanks! > > Library Mark > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >
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