July 2008 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-edu] security issues regarding italc client startup
by Ben Cooksley 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Hi, I recently noticed that the italc client is being started as the user that logged in, and this allowed them to kill the italc client and escape my control. i traced the problem and found that you have switched to using /etc/sysconfig/ica instead of patching the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup script. I also noticed that it no longer runs at the logon screen. both features ( running at the logon screen, inability to kill italc for users ) are very important to me, especially the users inability to kill the italc client. Is there any hope that this situation will change in the future, or are there workarounds to stop users from killing the italc client? Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] RFC: Join Education:desktop and Education:server to Education
by Lars Vogdt 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Hi @ll I like to join the current Education:desktop and Education:server repositories into one big "Education" repository. Currently the split between those two repositories is just to split the desktop from the server applications, which is IMO obsolete. So - if nobody raises an objection - I like to merge the two repositories into one "Education" repository next week: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/ As this needs adjustments for current package-_links and registered repositores, I'll write an additional announcement next week if everybody is fine with this. With kind regards, Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Call for Case Studies in UK Schools
by Richard Rothwell 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Hi All, The Becta sponsored SOSP project has put out a call for schools for case studies. I realise that it is holiday time - but the timing was not under my control! They are looking for state schools in the UK who are using Free and Open Source Software - anything from server solutions, through OpenOffice.org to complete desktop solutions. At Schoolforge.org.uk, we would also like to update our case studies and we are happy to accept independent school case studies. Anyway, can anyone who is still active please respond to the list, in the first case, with suggestions please! Forwarded text ----------------------------- I'm putting out a call for candidate case studies for the SOSP project. I'm hoping we can get a few (maybe 3 or 4) up on the site by 1 Sep. This presents the obvious holiday challenge, of course, but first steps is to identify the very best ones we know. Could you please let me know any centres you think I should consider? I need the following information: 1) Name of School/centre, and whether it's primary/secondary/other 2) Contact person (details if you have them) 3) What the study should cover (eg interesting use of OpenOffice, successful deployment of Linux, etc.) 4) Why you think it's among the best (just a few words). --------------------------- thanks, Richard Rothwell Chair - Schoolforge.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-edu] Call for Case Studies in UK Schools
by Jordi Massaguer 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

I can tell you that, according to the catalan education minister, all schools in catalonia will be having linux on two years (around 3000 schools), but it is not in the UK :) . jordi massaguer i pla http://jordimassaguerpla.blogspot.com/ openSUSE member Novell Certified Linux Professional 10 ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Richard Rothwell <raroth42(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Para: opensuse-edu(a)opensuse.org > Enviado: lunes, 28 de julio, 2008 16:19:11 > Asunto: [opensuse-edu] Call for Case Studies in UK Schools > > Hi All, > > The Becta sponsored SOSP project has put out a call for schools for > case studies. I realise that it is holiday time - but the timing was > not under my control! > > They are looking for state schools in the UK who are using Free and > Open Source Software - anything from server solutions, through > OpenOffice.org to complete desktop solutions. At Schoolforge.org.uk, > we would also like to update our case studies and we are happy to > accept independent school case studies. > > Anyway, can anyone who is still active please respond to the list, in > the first case, with suggestions please! > > Forwarded text > ----------------------------- > > I'm putting out a call for candidate case studies for the SOSP > project. I'm hoping we can get a few (maybe 3 or 4) up on the site by > 1 Sep. This presents the obvious holiday challenge, of course, but > first steps is to identify the very best ones we know. > > Could you please let me know any centres you think I should consider? > I need the following information: > > 1) Name of School/centre, and whether it's primary/secondary/other > > 2) Contact person (details if you have them) > > 3) What the study should cover (eg interesting use of OpenOffice, > successful deployment of Linux, etc.) > > 4) Why you think it's among the best (just a few words). > > --------------------------- > > thanks, > > Richard Rothwell > Chair - Schoolforge.org.uk > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org ______________________________________________ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] LTSP wiki pages revamp
by CyberOrg 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Hello Community To aid new users with setting KIWI-LTSP: LTSP5 on openSUSE, we have restructured the opensuse.org wiki pages making it simpler to find the required information. Kindly have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP and the links from that page and add your improvements there. The new structured layout is: http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP_Quickstart http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP/Configuration http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP/Tips_and_Tricks Hope this is more helpful. Ciao -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Easy-LTSP 0.4 ready to test
by Jan Weber 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Hello community, my GSoC project Easy-LTSP is now ready for you to test! You can get source packages for openSUSE (with kiwi-ltsp libs) http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/easy-ltsp-0.4-opensuse.tar.gz for all other distros (without kiwi-ltsp libs) http://forgeftp.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/easy-ltsp-0.4-other.tar.gz Please give it a try and report bugs or enhancements to http://devzilla.novell.com/kiwi-ltsp/ Cheers Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-edu] Suse in the class room
by CyberOrg 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Jpd <jpd(a)drawneek.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Ok does the kiwi stuff actual work? > > Been trying to get ltsp to work and have had very little joy. > > Can't get netboot to work so the USB stick looks interesting. > > The ubuntu docs seem a lot clear and nicer on how to add software to the > image. So far all I get is error of diskless profile not found. > > No clue why nothing in the docs > There is hardly anything to it: 1. 1-click installation of kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt (First 1-click link that says Recommended) 2. Change /etc/sysconfig/kiwi-ltsp according to your network setup 3. Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -c Boot up the clients. Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] unable to get kiwi-ltsp working (was: Suse in the class room)
by CyberOrg 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Jpd <jpd(a)drawneek.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> There is hardly anything to it: >> >> 1. 1-click installation of kiwi-ltsp-prebuilt (First 1-click link that >> says Recommended) > > Done > >> >> 2. Change /etc/sysconfig/kiwi-ltsp according to your network setup > > Done > Attach this file here. >> >> 3. Run kiwi-ltsp-setup -c > > Done > Do you have firewall turned off on the server? > >> Boot up the clients. >> > > Nothing... > > Can't boot any of the clients with ltsp > Try pxe booting normal desktop/laptop to check if the server is configured properly. > Can't build any boot images, just get errors > With "prebuilt" image you do not have to build anything. Attach the full logs of the errors, just saying it does not work and you get error is not much help in solving your problem. > Not quite the plug and play as sold > We are not selling anything :), it is plug and play if you just go over the instructions here carefully: http://en.opensuse.org/LTSP Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] SuSE in the class room
by Jpd 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Been looking at the solutions provided and have not really been impressed. Kde kiosk does look good but needs a reliable way of being propergated across the pcs. Nfs does have its limitations in that when the network is down all we can do is sit on our hands. With things like karushi and openschoolserver they look nice but are massive over kill. We already have a very expencive infastructure which makes 98% of it redundent. All we need is something to manage the suse desktops. So it looks like I going to have to be a programmer - joy - can really see why Linux is doing so well in the uk edu. I can't see our position being much different from most uk schools/FE as we got reasable kit from gov money. We looking to try and pump prime FOSS in the north east (well our little bit) in our computing course. Also think small, this is a dept trying this out. We currently out on our own as IT support will not touch it. From the look of it suse edu looks good as a demo but get above ten installs it starts turning into a pig. Also looked at ltsp and it is really not what we want, as far as I can tell, as our environent is not thin. Also after trawling through pages on how to get local apps I gave up, hopefully that will improve over time. The big worry with ltsp is reliability, I have seen mentioned about multipuly lts but no howtos on it Sent from my iPod -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-edu] Developers, and not only, news - part 2
by Andrea Florio 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi to everybody ;-) I added a bot on our irc channel #opensuse-edu this bot will notice any change on our svn repository Cheers Andrea Florio -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiDe6MACgkQyCZT87TFPuifcQCfe/4zFf3wxOpEdSKgU9d6Vww/ oCkAnR1U3GJDhIzrvErRDKlB1rLEANl6 =lG7Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help(a)opensuse.org

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