On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Sameer Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I've set up LTSP on Intrepid using nubae's fatclient plug-in. > http://nubae.com/ltsp-linux-terminal-server-project-netbooted-fat-client-for-ubuntu-hardy-and-intrepid > > I'd like to populate the server with 40 accounts for my class. What > are some recommended ways? Should I look into iTALC or something > similar? > > cheers, > Sameer > -- > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Information Systems > San Francisco State University > San Francisco CA 94132 USA > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ >
I just chatted with David Van Assche online and here's the conversation: Sameer <begin chat> me: got a minute? Sent at 10:19 AM on Monday David: oh yeah sure me: I just posted something to the edubuntu-users list... wanted to ping you on iTALC for fatclient is that something worth looking into? Sent at 10:31 AM on Monday me: I also need to set up 40 odd accounts. I usually use the createusers script for it...do you have any other suggestions? David: yeah sure thing ub understand how the accounts are currently managed right? me: yeah. They are setup on the server and copied into the .img when I run ltsp-update-image Sent at 10:33 AM on Monday David: actuallly even more real time than that, since that procedure runs in the smae way as lts.conf variables can be changed without re-running the image me: ok David: so what happens is, u create a user on the server, and then a little subscript copies over its details and group details to the client's .passwd. .group and .shadow me: ok David: a cron job synchs the 2 every 5 minutes, but if u need the account even quicker,l simply reboot the thin client and on startup its pushed.... or u could execute the synchin script manually Sent at 10:37 AM on Monday David: I usually dont need to add new accounts affter the image creation process, so to be honest, this hasnt been fully tested, though Iirc I did test restarting thin client to synch accounts is that what u meant? me: ok. I'll test it out and see if it works If you don't mind I'll send this conversation to the list for archival purposes David: yes please do me: thx David: italc, though, is still great and usable, albeit for different purposes me: yeah, I've read a bit about it, but never used it Sent at 10:40 AM on Monday <end chat> -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
