Re: guest account and kerberos
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:41 PM Lorenzo Ceriani wrote: > Hi, > I am very happy of our new Debian-edu computer lab, everything is running > smooth even if the machine are old enough. > I have just some help requests: > 1. I need a passwordless guest account on every client which erase all > data on every login or logout (useful for doing national online exams) For > the moment i created a local account with the same name on every client > with adduser *** and then passwd -d ***. > Still to do the erasing part, but for the moment it seems ok. Can this > create problems with debian-edu? > It is not clear how you create those local accounts, so cannot say whether they create any problem. There is nothing in the debian-edu docs about guest accounts (yet). However, debian-edu is based on the LTSP project, and there are some blogs/discussions about guest accounts here and there. For example: - http://www.m-opensolutions.com/ltsp-guest-accounts-and-mate-desktop-setup/ - https://dashohoxha.fs.al/ltsp-scenarios/#org3535561 - https://github.com/ltsp/ltsp/discussions/298 I have also used guest accounts in another similar context: - https://gitlab.com/docker-scripts/debian-desktop/-/blob/main/inject/setup-user-accounts.sh#L84 Maybe these can give some hints about how to develop your own solution. If you find a suitable solution, please let us know how you did it. Regards, Dashamir > 2. I would like to avoid that (kerberos?) dialog box that ofteh/always > asks for a password after login. It confounds pupils... :-) > Thanks in advance for your advice! > L. > >
Re: no login on diskless-workstations
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:32 PM Frank Weißer wrote: > > Saved /etc/network/interfaces during installation, since it gets > replaced with a not working eth1 ip v6 address instead of 192.168.0.254/24 > . > Restored /etc/network/interfaces before rebooting. > This looks suspicious to me. Why does it get replaced with a non-working IP? Normally you should not have to do these steps (as far as I know). > Waited after reboot, 'til RAID5 / x2go stuff stop being busy. > Ran /usr/share/debian-edu-config/tools/subnet-change -n 192.168.250.0/24 > to change my subnet to the one, offered by our school board. > Normally the debian-edu network should be isolated from the rest of the network (by placing it behind a router). I am not sure whether that script works correctly. Rebooted immediate > Stopped service named and restarted after deleting /var/cache/bind/key* > to get access the web > > What works: > Log in on tjener as the user, set up during installation. > > What does not work: > Log in as that user graphical on diskless workstations 192.168.250.130 > (hostname ltsp130) nor 192.168.0.22 (ltsp22) > Changing to console 1 I can log in, getting > 'No directory, logging in with HOME=/' > > /skole is mounted on both > > Why is /skole/tjener/home0 not? > Have you tried to update the image of diskless clients with: `debian-edu-ltsp-install --diskless_workstation yes` I am not sure, but maybe there are some changed configurations that need to be propagated to these images. Let us know how it goes. Dashamir
