Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:01:51PM -0500, Todd Shoemaker wrote: >> Ryan Boyes wrote: >>> Not really sure. I think they're redundant now as rather than the client >>> make a startx call or similar and then use XDMCP to forward the X >>> session, the session is forwarded via an ssh tunnel. >> Is ssh required with LTSP 5, or is it a matter of setting SCREEN_01=ssh >> / telnet / startx ? >> >> If ssh is a new requirement, that is unfortunate, since it increases >> latency and makes many applications sluggish. > > Not only that, but ldm wants to use the ssh on port 22. So you have to > enable passport authentication on port 22 which means that you probably > don't want to open up port 22 on your firewall. > > In my opinion, it would be better if ldm could be configured to use an > ssh on a non-default port (say 1022) and then the default ssh port could > require public key authentication. This would be a little easier than > messing with special port forwarding rules.
I believe that Oliver Grawert is working on this for the Ubuntu Feisty release. I saw a bug report or a comment somewhere about adding this feature. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
