I think for this small size of instalation using Edubuntu default user manager is more than enough. Why make the instalation become more complicating with LDAP stuff ?
On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 03:51 +0100, Faisal wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking of setting up a small LTSP network consisting of 10-15 > workstations for a local charity. I am coming from the windows > terminal services / Citrix world and i am very familiar with that side > of things and my Linux experience is average at best. > > So far I have installed these flavours of an LTSP implementation: The > debianedu based Skolelinux - www.slx.no and Edubuntu 12.04 in a > VMWare virtual server and i have been mighty impressed with the ease > of install of Edubuntu in particular and i think i will go with it. I > have been able to boot up a couple of thin clients simultaneously for > testing purposes and all seemed to run fine in my small lan at home. I > loved some of the built in tools such as Epostes for ease of > management. > > In terms of hardware, i think we are going for donated/cheap used fat > clients and have the local apps option for LibreOffice, Firefox etc to > ease the load on the server. I am also thinking of having an NFS share > for the /home partition on a separate grey box(if that further helps > ease the load of the server and makes it run better). > > As for the server, there are good deals going on where i am for small > office servers such as the HP Proliant ML110 G7 with Intel Xeon > E3-1220 / 3.1 GHz(quad core) and 8 GB of DDR3 1333 mhz RAM(upgradable > to 16) and 7200 rpm HD disc with dual Gigabit NICs. Would something > like this be suitable for powering the 10-15 workstations or will that > be pushing it? > > The charity do not have tech savvy staff and i would like a > centralized user account setup with openldap. But ideally, have a web > gui front end for user account creations and password resets. I am > looking into tools such as Gosa2 - https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/ > and Easy LDAP management found here: > http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/ . I have not been successful so > far in setting up these tools, but i am still working on it. I may ask > someone in my local LUG for help with this part if i struggle. Does > anyone know similar tools? > > Apologies for asking too many questions as i am still researching and > don't have a clear plan yet. Would appreciate you advice and guidance > to any tool or resource that would help me get answers. > > Regards > Faisal > -- ________________________________________________________________________ Adrie Taniwidjaja - PT. BeLogix Indonesia Jl. Lengkong Kecil No.73 Bandung ad...@belogix.com, 022 9199 8360
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