Hi Massimo and all, I finally got X over ssh to work. (The trick was to add an ORIG_DISPLAY.) I added what I did to my lts_ssh package available at
http://www.geocities.com/patpertusus/ It didn't slowed much my workstation, however my setup is only one workstation, so maybe it slows down the server. Basically it works the following way: The user authenticate on the tty against the ssh server and at the same time download his private key. ssh-agent/ssh-add adds the private key, and then xinit /usr/bin/ssh -X server 'ORIG_DISPLAY=workstation:0 start-window-manager' -- Xserver begins the X session. The advantage of this setup is that there is no secret to be shared with the server, and at the same time all the X stuff, the password, and so on is encrypted. It doesn't protect against man in the middle attack, but I think nothing can protect an Xterminal from such an attack. Maybe it would be even better if everything was graphical, and if it was possible to choose a server among other, or if the server could advertise how loaded he is, or if it was possible to choose vnc or X at the login. Pat _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
