kde and multiple users question
Can several users share the same .kde directory at the same time? SuSE 9.0 lan. Thanks, Steve.
On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:50, steve-ss wrote:
Can several users share the same .kde directory at the same time? SuSE 9.0 lan.
It might be possible, if you set the group permissions properly, but given that the .kde directory is for storing user specific settings, why would you want to?
On Saturday 17 January 2004 19:07, steve-ss wrote:
I work in an international coillege with 200 students. I'd like a whole group to login as say year9, and avoid havig to set up logins and passwords for every student.
write a script that creates accounts like student001, student002 etc and generates random passwords for each. It would take a second to run, and not much longer to write
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
and everyone has permissions to everyone else's work, making it very simple to either cheat or sabotage for others by deleting their files or changing them.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
very likely
On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:07 pm, steve-ss wrote: <SNIP>
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
Write a script to grab all files from a nominated directory under every home direcory. For example - have each student save their work in /home/<user>/coursework - and then either have an automatic (cron?) or manual script to copy or create links in a collected area.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
It would, most definitely.
Any other thoughts anyone before I go ahead on Monday morning? Any ideas on the logistics of doing this in a school environment? Anyone ever done it? Thanks, Steve.
I've never set it up personally, but I would set it up to work as follows: each group has a /home directory (so there is /home/staff /home/group1 etc...) and each student has a personal directory under that - a student in group1 is in /home/group1/student1 etc. Then each subdirectory of /home is exported so people can maximally see (but not alter) their classmates' directories. I would also use autofs - but that's a whole other story... Dylan -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:39 pm, steve-ss wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 17:12, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 19:07, steve-ss wrote:
I work in an international coillege with 200 students. I'd like a whole group to login as say year9, and avoid havig to set up logins and passwords for every student.
write a script that creates accounts like student001, student002 etc and generates random passwords for each. It would take a second to run, and not much longer to write
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
and everyone has permissions to everyone else's work, making it very simple to either cheat or sabotage for others by deleting their files or changing them.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
very likely
Point taken. What about the server. Will it be able to cope with 200 logins under /home and be able to export them OK? PIV 1024Mb 80Gb-ide via nfs and nis. Any advice?
It'll be able to export them OK, you might get some bottlenecks at login and when everyone tries to open/save at the same time but it should hold up fine. Dylan
Nearly there. Thanks, Steve.
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
On Saturday 17 January 2004 16:55, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:50, steve-ss wrote:
Can several users share the same .kde directory at the same time? SuSE 9.0 lan.
It might be possible, if you set the group permissions properly, but given that the .kde directory is for storing user specific settings, why would you want to?
I work in an international coillege with 200 students. I'd like a whole group to login as say year9, and avoid havig to set up logins and passwords for every student. It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory. I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems. Any other thoughts anyone before I go ahead on Monday morning? Any ideas on the logistics of doing this in a school environment? Anyone ever done it? Thanks, Steve.
Op zaterdag 17 januari 2004 19:39, schreef steve-ss:
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
very likely
Point taken. What about the server. Will it be able to cope with 200 logins under /home and be able to export them OK? PIV 1024Mb 80Gb-ide via nfs and nis. Any advice?
Nearly there. Thanks, Steve.
Now, use kde's kiosk mode for defining a consistent to all logins, or you use it to restrict what settings may be changed by the user. http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-11/kde_01.html -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
On Saturday 17 January 2004 17:12, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 19:07, steve-ss wrote:
I work in an international coillege with 200 students. I'd like a whole group to login as say year9, and avoid havig to set up logins and passwords for every student.
write a script that creates accounts like student001, student002 etc and generates random passwords for each. It would take a second to run, and not much longer to write
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
and everyone has permissions to everyone else's work, making it very simple to either cheat or sabotage for others by deleting their files or changing them.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
very likely
Point taken. What about the server. Will it be able to cope with 200 logins under /home and be able to export them OK? PIV 1024Mb 80Gb-ide via nfs and nis. Any advice? Nearly there. Thanks, Steve.
On Saturday 17 January 2004 17:46, Dylan wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 18:39 pm, steve-ss wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 17:12, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 19:07, steve-ss wrote:
I work in an international coillege with 200 students. I'd like a whole group to login as say year9, and avoid havig to set up logins and passwords for every student.
write a script that creates accounts like student001, student002 etc and generates random passwords for each. It would take a second to run, and not much longer to write
It's also easier to check their work: all in the same directory.
and everyone has permissions to everyone else's work, making it very simple to either cheat or sabotage for others by deleting their files or changing them.
I know I'm being lazy but the fact is we have many problems with the multilple logins. I feel sure one login one student would solve our login problems.
very likely
Point taken. What about the server. Will it be able to cope with 200 logins under /home and be able to export them OK? PIV 1024Mb 80Gb-ide via nfs and nis. Any advice?
It'll be able to export them OK, you might get some bottlenecks at login and when everyone tries to open/save at the same time but it should hold up fine.
Thanks to all who helped in this and the nfs thread. It *is* slow via normally mounted nfs especxially at login time. Autofs smooths things out admirably.. Steve.
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