Hi Alkis, I can't wait to make this work today after school!
For, "answer to wiki initiative, I think you mean having "page stewards" (bottom of ltsp-pnp page <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ltsp-pnp>)? It is a controversial approach to wikis, but then maybe this kind of info shouldn't be on a wiki but on some authoritative document site with page stewards taking responsibility for the page as you have for this ltsp-pnp page. To build on this idea, how about having a page listing page/steward information for the whole wiki, or better for different communities on the wiki (such as community/UbuntuLTSP/)? This recognizes the person and makes public their commitment--sort of like the commitment people make to be on the Ubuntu or Edubuntu teams? Of course, if I misunderstood your, "answer to wiki initiative" statement, well, I'll quietly step down from soap box... Thanks, David On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos <alk...@gmail.com>wrote: > Στις 28/09/2012 04:09 πμ, ο/η David Groos έγραψε: > > apt-get --yes install dnsmasq ltsp-server-standalone ltsp-client > ldm-ubuntu-theme > > > > Question: it asks about config of nbd--not sure what all it means. What > > are the ramifications of yes disconnect all NBD devices on "stop" or > > no? While it says traditional is Yes, since No was highlighted > > (thinking it may be recommended--sounds safer? I... OK I chose No. > > Whatever you select there doesn't make any difference for LTSP. > It's for clients declared in /etc/nbd-client, and LTSP doesn't use that > file. > > > (still as > > * ltsp-config dnsmasq > > > > worked... then I quickly unplugged the cable because it said, > > "*Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq". Three years ago I > > took down our school network with a port broadcasting on the building > > (external) network--I can't afford to have a bad rep with the tech dept > > here... > > I'm not sure what you mean there or how it was technically achieved. > But when running `ltsp-config dnsmasq`, you should have had already > configured your server IP addresses, so that it would automatically > create a proper /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp-server-dnsmasq.conf for you: > > "It's recommended that you setup your network first. A static IP is > suggested but not required for single NIC setups. If you're using a dual > NIC setup, configure the internal NIC to 192.168.67.1. " > > To investigate I went to /etc/network/interfaces and only saw > > > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > Huh? > > Stymied... > > I'd appreciate it if you would add that part about doing a 2 nic setup :D > > Also, what about that "Disconnect all NBD devices..." choice I made? > > Might be good to explain a bit of that on the pnp page. > > > > > The "how to assign a static IP address" part isn't ltsp-pnp specific, so > it doesn't belong in that wiki page. > You're correct though in that this information is missing from the > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP wiki (although it isn't > strictly LTSP-specific either). > > So... let's start an "an answer for a wiki page" initiative: I'll be > answering some questions like this one in the mailing list, and people > that receive the answers should then create nice wiki pages for others > to get helped as well! :) > > So if you do write an > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/StaticIP wiki page about > it, I'll put a link to it from the ltsp-pnp wiki page. > > There are 2 methods to configure a static IP for your server. One, with > network manager, and second, from /etc/network/interfaces. > For "headless" servers the second method is preferred, but for schools > where the teachers are working on the server I suggest going with the > first one, so that the teachers can easily see the network properties > from the gnome applet (connection speed, up/down status...) > > Network manager method: > Read this: > > http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/03/how-to-configure-a-static-ip-address-in-ubuntu/ > Copy or create some similar pictures for the UbuntuLTSP wiki page. > Some additional remarks: > * The "[v] Make connection available for all users" setting should be > checked, otherwise the connection only starts after the teacher logs in > on the server. > * The > http://www.liberiangeek.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/static_ip_mav_23.png > picture applies for single NIC installations. > * For dual NIC installations, the internal NIC should have no DNS > server entries, and for gateway it should have 0.0.0.0. Again the "[v] > Make connection available for all users" setting should be checked. > > > /etc/network/interfaces method: > Don't read what's written in the > > www.liberiangeek.net/2010/03/how-to-configure-a-static-ip-address-in-ubuntu/ > page, don't disable network manager like it suggests etc. > > For single NIC cases, put something like this in /etc/network/interfaces: > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.3.3 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.3.1 > dns-search example.com > dns-nameservers 192.168.3.45 192.168.8.10 > > > For dual nic cases, the internal NIC entry should be like this: > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.67.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > That's all, if you configure your network _before_ following the > ltsp-pnp installation steps, then `ltsp-config dnsmasq` will create an > appropriate /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp-server-dnsmasq.conf for you. > If you do it afterwards, just re-run: > ltsp-config dnsmasq --overwrite > > Warning: the generated /etc/dnsmasq.d/ltsp-server-dnsmasq.conf has > proxy-dhcp mode enabled for the external NIC. So, clients in your > "external" network will be able to be netbooted as ltsp clients. > If you don't want that, you should remove the respective > dhcp-range=192.168.3.0,proxy > line from that file. > > > Cheers, let's see if the "an answer for a wiki page" initiative can work! > :) >
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