problems with 9.04 that seems to disapper with 8.04 and am I able to run applications on thin client locally on 8.04

[Stefan Nuxoll]

Oh, right, you need /etc/shadow too which actually has all the password
hashes.

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:58 -0700, tlang80 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  I'll try karmic and see if it helps.  I would
> hope the beta version has fixed those bugs from 9.04.  I looked at
> the /etc/passwd file and didn't find any passwords in there, though I
> saw the home directories and usernames -- so if I restore users, how
> will the passwords be restored?  The /etc/groups file was also empty.
> I'm assuming to restore the home directories all I do is backup the
> home directory, and then restores the .etc.passwd file once the home
> directory with all the user subdirectories are in place.  I'm just
> concerned that the passwords won't be there.
> 
> Do you know if there's anyway to run local apps on 8.04, or is it just
> on Jaunty and  higher?
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Stefan Nuxoll <stefan at nuxoll.eu.org>
> wrote:
>         8.04 is an LTS release, so that would be why it's lacking
>         these bugs.  I
>         can't say for sure whether karmic has them fixed or not, at
>         this point
>         there's no harm in trying.  As for backing up your account
>         info, just
>         backup /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:21 -0700, tlang80 at gmail.com wrote:
>         > Hello everyone,
>         >
>         > I hope this is the right list for this.  I'm an 8th grade
>         teacher and
>         > have been trying to get an Ubuntu server with thin clients
>         set up in
>         > my classroom for the last 2 to 3 weeks.  It's to the point
>         that
>         > technical goofs and problems are driving me crazy :)
>         >
>         > First, I think this might be a huge issue.  On 9.04 with the
>         default
>         > installation with 2 ethernet cards, everyone works fine
>         EXCEPT that
>         > when thin clients in firefox begin to watch something in
>         flash the
>         > sound works for about the first minute and then cuts off.
>         The sound
>         > usually goes back to the server.  I have updated the latest
>         flash
>         > according the the Wiki, along with updating the pulse audio
>         package,
>         > and countless other things.  No matter what I do, (even
>         playing a
>         > movie in another player not based in flash) the sound will
>         just stop
>         > from the thin client after 1 to 3 minutes of playing.  I've
>         tried
>         > everything!!!  I even tried running firefox locally.  The
>         only thing
>         > that worked was installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the sound
>         works
>         > flawlessly.
>         >
>         > BUT with that, it looks like I'm not able to run
>         applications locally
>         > on the 8.04 version, and I will have 6 or 7 students
>         watching tutorial
>         > flash videos all with sound.  This is a big strain on the
>         server and
>         > was really hoping to be able to run applications locally.
>          Am I able
>         > to run applications locally on the thin client with version
>         8.04?
>         >
>         > Also, with 9.04 on laptops the thin client image would be
>         backwards
>         > (all the letter would be reversed) but with 8.04 I don't
>         have that
>         > problems.  It certainly seems like 8.04 has all the bugs out
>         of it,
>         > but it's lacking being able to run applications locally on
>         the thin
>         > client?
>         >
>         > I've looked all over google and just can't believe that no
>         one else is
>         > having the problem with the sound or the reverse image on
>         laptops as
>         > thin clients with 9.04.  Is 9.10 fixing these problems?
>         >
>         > Also, now that I have all my student user date in the Users
>         and
>         > Groups, is there anyway I can backup this (user name and
>         password
>         > info) so that if I need to reinstall my system I don't have
>         to retype
>         > all the username and password info again?
>         >
>         > Thanks so much,
>         >
>         > Tim
>         
>         
>         
>         --
>         Stefan Nuxoll <stefan at nuxoll.eu.org>
> 


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