[Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

[Scott Balneaves]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 03:15:27PM -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote:

> I would really like to see LDM_SERVER be able to accept fully qualified dns names.  Then
> I could simply point LDM_SERVER=ltsp.mydomain.com and set up a round robin A record in
> DNS where ltsp.mydomain.com resolves to either a single IP or a group of IP's.  Then DNS
> would actually be able to handle the load balancing without any need for configuration
> changes on the server if a LTSP server is added or removed from the pool.

So long as you set up the resolv.conf within the chroot, that should work as
expected.

> Any updates on the status of local application support in LDM2, or isn't that related to
> LDM?

We're still needing a good method for getting network auth going.  I don't
want to say too much, but Matt Oquist and I banged around a couple of
ideas in #edubuntu a few days ago, and he's begun work on pam/nss module
that will do what we want without the need for pushing ldap down to the
client by, amazingly, doing the pam and nss stuff over the ssh link.

I've briefly looked at some of the code.  Once I get done with ldm2, I want 
to help Matt with it, as I think it's the answer to our prayers.  I doub't
we'll see it for gutsy.  But, the next LTS is coming up, and I WANT to see 
it in for that.

Two releases ago we fixed Local devices.
Last release we fixed sound.
This release, we're fixing speed/scalability
Next release, we tackle localapps.

Should put us ing good shape for the next 5 years, eh?

Scott

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