local device (USB-stick) and users groups problem

[Richard Doyle]

On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 17:10 +0300, Ismail ISLEYEN wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed Edubuntu 7.10 on Dell Poweredge 2800 server (Xeon 3.6
> Ghz x 2, 12 GB Ram, 146 x 4 Hdd) in computer room. There are 40 HP T5000
> (T5525) clients to connect to the server. I have an urgent problem to be
> solved as soon as possible. I would appreciate any help.
> 
<snip>

> 1. USB flash drive or "local device" is active only in the first user,
> others cannot use USB flash drives. For example while one who logs in
> with thin1 can use USB flash drive, other users  who loged in later
> cannot use USB flash drive. I tried this in different accounts and
> clients but no way.

Sounds like the bug in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ltsp/+bug/160420
and related reports. According to Oliver the fix is in Hardy, and can be
applied to Gutsy by commenting out the following line
in /usr/sbin/ltspfsmounter on the server:

env['DISPLAY'] = 'localhost:10.0'