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> 1. Re: Urgent help request! was Re: how do you get something to
> run when a user logs on? (Vu Nguyen)
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> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:29:36 +1000
> From: "Vu Nguyen" <linuxnuke at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Urgent help request! was Re: how do you get something to
> run when a user logs on?
> To: john <lists.john at gmail.com>
> Cc: edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Thank you for the info, John.
> It is very helpful for a newbie. It is good when I am not alone with my
> idea.
> Thanks and I'll get back with the results.
> Vu Nguyen
> Powerthink Mebourne
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:59 AM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Vu,
> >
> > We use win2k3 for authentication as well via winbind. We used to host
> > student files on a windows server and I believe we used the pam_mount
> > module to mount the shares on a per user basis
> > http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Last year we moved the student files over to Linux and we are happy
> > with the results. Since we're in a mixed environment we can share
> > files with WindowsXP users via samba, with our LTSP clients via NFS
> > and even allow remote access via sftp.
> >
> > I DO wish that /etc/profile would still work as it used to. I am sure
> > there are good reasons for moving to an image based approach (if
> > that's the right way to describe it) but I don't like the fact that it
> > breaks the way *nix has worked for 20 years or so.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Vu Nguyen <linuxnuke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi John and everyone,
> > > Thanks for this post, I am also looking for the solution too.
> > > I am deploying a lab with Edubuntu LTSP in a school, we have W2K3
> domain
> > > setup already, I have tried likewise on normal ubuntu, it joins the
> > domain
> > > and everything is ok, but it seems that I don't have luck with Edubuntu
> > > LTSP, I am working on this and next step will be "how to map their home
> > > drive when they log on to the lab?".
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > > Ta.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:21 AM, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I am two days away from the start of school and the problem I
> > >> described before still applies to me. If I can't figure this out I'll
> > >> have to put off my upgrade to 8.04 (or 8.10 perhaps) until December.
> > >> I'd really appreciate any help.
> > >>
> > >> This issue is I want to run some scripts that up until now have been
> > >> called by /etc/profile. This has worked for me up through Edubuntu
> > >> 7.04 The scripts use the system variables $HOME and $USER to map NFS
> > >> shares to users desktops. I understand from oli and others that the
> > >> image generated by 8.04 doesn't reference /etc/profile when users log
> > >> in.
> > >>
> > >> When I tried calling these scripts from
> > >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d per Ollies suggestion the scripts didn't seem to
> > >> run, and in fact after accepting my credentials X just sent me back to
> > >> the login screen, perhaps my syntax was incorrect. But I couldn't
> > >> find any debug information in the logs to trouble shoot the issue.
> > >> Where do I find more debug info?
> > >>
> > >> francois suggestion about putting the lines in
> > >> /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/profile and then updating the image didn't work
> > >> either.
> > >>
> > >> Below is the what I placed in my file called
> > >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/85-SetupHome:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> #!/bin/sh
> > >> #
> > >> # SetupHome.sh
> > >> # Clean up from previous session
> > >> #
> > >> # Sweep all files from $HOME and $HOME/Desktop to $HOME/Desktop/ZDrive
> > >> # (ignores directories).
> > >> # Makes Desktop and ZDrive dir entries if needed.
> > >> #
> > >>
> > >> # Name of desktop itself
> > >> dt=$HOME/Desktop
> > >> if [ ! -e $dt ]
> > >> then
> > >> mkdir $dt
> > >> fi
> > >>
> > >> # Name of ZDrive on Desktop
> > >> zd=$dt/ZDrive
> > >>
> > >> # Storage server, and pre-built index of students on the server
> > >> server=/mnt/ALLSTUDENTS
> > >> index=$server/index.students
> > >>
> > >> # Make sure username is all lower case
> > >> user=`echo $USER | tr A-Z a-z`
> > >>
> > >> # Zdrive does not exist, go figure it out
> > >> if [ ! -e $zd ]
> > >> then
> > >>
> > >> # Search file server for this user's directory
> > >> if grep "/$user"'$' $index > /tmp/us$$
> > >> then
> > >> store=$server/`cat /tmp/us$$`
> > >> else
> > >> # N.B., must fix for y3k compatibility
> > >> store=$server/2*/$user
> > >> fi
> > >> rm -f /tmp/us$$
> > >>
> > >> # Teachers, for instance, won't have storage on student fileserver
> > >> if [ -e $store ]
> > >> then
> > >> ln -s $store $zd
> > >> else
> > >> # No ZDrive available for this user, just quietly leave
> > >> exit 0
> > >> fi
> > >> fi
> > >>
> > >> # If the user created files in the home directory, move them down
> > >> # to the Desktop
> > >> for src in "$HOME" "$dt"
> > >> do
> > >> # Walk entries in this dir
> > >> cd $src
> > >> for x in *
> > >> do
> > >> # Only process *files* in this dir
> > >> if [ -f "$x" ]
> > >> then
> > >> # Calculate default destination
> > >> dest="$zd/$x"
> > >>
> > >> # Oops, already there, concatenate an index number
> > >> if [ -e "$dest" ]
> > >> then
> > >> # Start with <foo>_0, and count up until an opening is
> > >> found
> > >> count=0
> > >> dest2="$zd/$count""_$x"
> > >> while [ -e "$dest2" ]
> > >> do
> > >> count=`expr $count + 1`
> > >> dest2="$zd/$count""_$x"
> > >> done
> > >> cp "$x" "$dest2" && rm -f "$x"
> > >> else
> > >> cp "$x" "$dest" && rm -f "$x"
> > >> fi
> > >> fi
> > >> done
> > >> done
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> exit 0
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> > hi,
> > >> > On Do, 2008-08-28 at 08:03 -0700, john wrote:
> > >> >> Hi all,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I was wondering where I can put scripts that I want to run when a
> > user
> > >> >> logs on to a thin client. I used to put them in /etc/profile but
> that
> > >> >> doesn't seem to work under Hardy. It seems like LDM is somehow
> > >> >> by-passing the stuff I put there. Can someone help me out?
> > >> > ldm is executing /etc/X11/Xsession by default ... (like gdm or kdm
> do)
> > >> > one option would be to put stuff into /etc/X11/Xsession.d, another
> is
> > to
> > >> > use the xdg autostart mechanism in /etc/xdg/autostart
> > >> >
> > >> > ciao
> > >> > oli
> > >> >
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