From: Robert Maynord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> However -- I need to integrate the LSTP server and
> workstations into the
> larger system.
Take a step back and think about it like this ...
Whichever machine provides DHCP service on the network needs to
tell any computers that are seeking to network boot where the LTSP
server is. If the DHCP is installed on the LTSP server, then the
DHCP configuration tells network boot clients to stay with it.
Otherwise, the next-server entry tells clients who to contact next.
After LTSP has done its magic (as below), your network will have
a lot of X terminals that want to log in _somewhere_ to run apps.
(You said old computers, so you won't be using local apps I assume)
If some existing workstations are overpowered and have surplus
capabilities, change the XDM configuration in /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess
on those machines to accept remote xdmcp terminal connections.
That way, all those X terminal users will be logging into the
computers you already have, where all the NFS/NIS already works.
As far as LTSP itself; it is really a collection of TFTP and NFS
services with an archive of software on the hard drive to hand out.
If you disable X logins, you don't need to set up any of the
NIS, NFS or other things to match the rest of the network because
there will never be any _user_ logged in. Just their computers.
It is probably a good idea to leave XDM itself running on the LTSP
server for the chooser. It indirects all the terminals to workstations.
If the users already are comfortable with the choice of workstations,
they will probably be happy to select a machine from the listing.
You can fully control the mapping from terminal to workstation
in the Xaccess file if you prefer. For example, you can assign
the closest seven LTSP terminals onto each workstation to get the
loading about equal. If you tie the eight computers together
with a little local switch, all graphics traffic will be local.
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