When you are logged into the ws, you are for most practical purposes logged in to the server. I'll give more detail in the context of your questions.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Jean-Louis curty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > I'm testing LTSP 5 on ubuntu 8.04, > installation is fast and simple, I got 3 workstations running without any > problem (booting from PXE and via etherboot cd ) fine. > > I have few questions: > > - IP address: > each ws boot and get its ip from the dhcp, when I open terminal on any ws and > do ifconfig , I read the ip of the Ubuntu pc where I installed ltsp... > I would expect local ip provided by dhcp ? You are running as if on the server, so ifconfig gives the server's IP. Try doing 'who' for the ws's IP. > > - VNC > linked to previous question, when i open the vnc viewer and search for > hosts the only host I see is the real pc , not the diskless workstations, is > there a way to vnc the workstation ? Try installing thin-client-manager-gnome if it's not already in there. Should show up under System>Administration, I believe. This is another way to see who's logged in from what IP. To get the vnc functionality from it you'll have to install a vnc server in the client environment, which I'm not going to go into here. There is a howto in the on-line edubuntu wiki, I believe, but I've had mixed success after following it. > > - /home > from any ws, when I open the file manager of ubuntu I can display the > /home/userx and even write in it even if I am logged in with a user account > (no admin rights) , how is it possible ? I assume you're referring to the home directory of the user you're logged in with. Default umask in ubuntu gives 755 permissions to regular user files, so you will have read-only access to other users's files. And yes, to be clear, users's home directory is stored in the server's filesystem. > > - Console > when I do ctrl F1 to open a console and try to log in with the same account > as the one I use in the GUI, logging fails ( yes I check kb layout and > lower/upper case ) Now you're talking about the client's console. To be able to login here you need to chroot into the client filesystem (/opt/ltsp/i386/) and change the root password. You'll also have to mess with password aging or making the account valid IIRC. I had to play with it a bit and reboot the client a few times to make it work. Somebody here will know exactly what, and it may be in the archives somewhere. Remeber to ltsp-update-image after making any changes in the chroot (and use the --arch=i386 option as appropriate). Hope that helps to some extent. db ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
