Thanks David for your explainations,
very clear,
I installed X11vnc, updated via ltsp-update-image, installed
Thin-client-manager and it works fine ( I should have search more ...)
I will check the others points too,
thanks again,
jl
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:19 AM, David Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
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