Hi all: I've posted in the past with a form of this problem.
I have several sunrays that I would like to serve up a linux terminal server (the main login will default to this system all the time...the user just sits down, wiggles the mouse, and there presented with a login screen to this linux box). I've heard from many sources that this is perfectly doable and is being done. I've had people write bits and pieces as to how its done. Unfortunately after working on it on and off for over a month now, I'm no closer to making it happen. Method 1: Install SRSS on the linux box (it is a RHEL4 system -- a supported configuration) Problems: numerous bugs in the installer. The current "hard wall" is that the archive downloaded from sun is missing the GDM rpm (the directory structure is there, there's just no files in it). Based on the large number of major bugs in the installer I've had to work around so far, and now this one, it appears Sun hardly even tests these releases, if at all... In any case, if anyone knows how to actually install SRSS on RHEL4, I'd greatly appreciate knowing how and where to get the working files. Method 2: Use some sort of desktop roming system such that the sunray's boot from a SUN server (running Solaris 10) and display a different (linux) box. I've seen references to SGD and CAM, but the only information I've found on these seem to have nothing to do with accomplishing what I've said above: having the thin clients display as their login this linux terminal (i.e, it is NOT ok to require the users to double-login or log into a sun server, then start a program that opens a window into the other terminal server). Its also NOT ok to require the users to select "remote server" from the options popup on the default solaris xdm, and then select the other systems. Either solution would be fine, but I'm rapidly running out of time, and may have to ditch the sunray's all together if I can't make this work very soon. Thanks! --Jim
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