Am 29.08.2011 23:16, schrieb Scott Balneaves: > On 11-08-29 10:11 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> This may seem a bit foolish question, but I dare asking it anyway: >> >> Why do you use LDM? Does it have any influence on the functionality of >> LTSP? Wouldn't it be ok to use KDM or whatever to let the folks log in? >> >> I ask because on our current system we use KDM with a special template >> and it's ok (LTSP 4.2). Now, when I played around on the newly setup >> system with LTSP 5 and 4.2, I didn't find any faults that might have to >> do with KDM instead of LDM (well, there still are some errors, but >> nothing I would think has to do with it). >> >> But I guess you had a good reason to code it :-) > > In a word, exigency. However, a better explanation might be required. > > LTSP 4.2 used XDM to set up the X channel. XDM's unencrypted. One of the > problems that was keeping LTSP out of certain markets was the lack of > encryption. We needed to tunnel X over ssh to attain this. > > However, ssh doesn't "script" well. In order to interact with it, we needed > to > do (computer oldsters will recognize this term) "screen scraping" to handle > the > interaction with ssh. This needed some fancy footwork that wouldn't work with > other display managers. It's been a constant source of annoyance for me, > personally. > > With the development of libssh, we now had a tool that we could use to > programmatically control an ssh session. As a result, I've written > libpam-sshauth, which you can find here: > > https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~sbalneav/ltsp/libpam-sshauth > > That will allow us to use, (in theory) any pam-compliant display manager as > our > login manager. Hopefully, we'll be playing around with it at the next LTSP > By-The-Sea developer conference. Personally, I've managed to create an LTSP > session using good old XDM as the front end. > > Hope this helps, > Scott >
Ooops, didn't see your answer... Thanks for that explanation. If I understand you right, LDM is a means of login for ssh sessions. So if I don't use ssh sessions, I can live well with KDM? Regards Rolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
