Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (17 mails)

[Jigish Gohil <cyberorg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Bob Neeper <neeperro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I configured a VMware Server 1.0.8, virtual PC (2 NIC's) to boot the
> live-DVD.
> Then configured the LTSP function, etc. and PXE'd in from another virtual
> machine.
>
> linux1 login seems to be a sys admin account, as no password required for
> YaST, etc.
> Also the Live Installer icon is on the desktop and active.
> Is this okay running a thin client on the live DVD?
> (I realize in the long run there isn't a problem)
>
> Jigish Gohil previously emailed me this information about the 5 thin
> clients, which I'm trying to grasp.
> "Those users are only in live sessions, for security reasons we cannot have
> normal users with known password installed on everyone's PC."
User accounts "linux1 - linux5" with password "linux" are available on
the Live DVD/USB so you can test LTSP without creating users. These
users are removed once the system is installed, you need to create new
users on the server to log in LTSP clients.

> I don't understand the full value of using a live DVD as a PXE server.
> It works, is usable, good proof of concept., but each reboot requires
> re-configuration.
>
> Am I reading too much in, and it is just a demo and not for actual use ?
> Or am I just not using it correctly yet.
LTSP is not meant to run from Live DVD, running it from live is just
for demo and testing purpose. To run LTSP in production environment
you will have to install it.


> Running in a virtual machine I could probably reconfigure users, desktops
> etc.
> Then possibly take a snapshot to maintain the revisions, but it may not
> work, being set for iso booting.

You can just use hibernate feature of virtual machine, not actually
shutdown, but again that is just for testing purpose only.

> I will eventually do the real install but would like to know more about this
> live session feature too.
I'll be updating the iso image next week you can do install using that.

Cheers

-J
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