Have you looked at Win4Lin server edition? In all honesty, I haven't, but I
think it is supposed to solve some of these problems.
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On Thursday 03 May 2001 18:15, Mike Barnes wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I'm currently in the middle of rolling out a new bunch of Linux
> workstations, and now the time has come to think about a virtual Windows
> environment. I'd rather use Win4Lin for various reasons, and I'd like
> some ideas as to how deal with one major problem - license file
> locations.
>
> VMWare licenses live in ~/.vmware, so I can go ahead and install the
> software on every machine and buy a license for each user who requires
> one. This makes my build process more generic, and I'm happy as a
> result. We use NIS and NFS mounted home directories, so any one user can
> access the resources they are licensed for on any workstation if the
> software is always there.
>
> Of course, with Win4Lin there's more of a "per-machine" type arrangement
> with the license kept in /var/win4lin/install which is slightly less
> than ideal. Would it be feasable to have a script that played with
> symlinks to redirect the file location to the user home directory? Is it
> actually possible to change the location that is searched for the
> license file?
>
> The current arrangement also requires the license.txt file to be
> readable by all users who might want to run Win4Lin. Not good for
> machines that have a lot of public access. We'd be allowing anyone who
> wants to run Win4Lin at home a free shot at our license info. We could
> restrict it to a group, but that adds another layer of administration
> which is easily avoided if the software could search a home directory.
>
> Also, it'd be nice to be able to change the default location of the
> personal install directory away from the home directory. Each new
> workstation has a 20 gig hard drive that we're currently using less than
> 2 gig of. Using the home directory puts quite a load on the network that
> doesn't need to be there. Is this possible, to anyone's knowledge? I
> know it can be moved manually and the settings tweaked, but unless this
> can happen by default, no user is going to bother, no matter how micely
> they're asked.
>
> I've got about a month to make a decision here. Any comments would be
> good, especially ones pointing out any manual pages I forgot to read, or
> mentioning things dealt with in 3.0. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike.
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