LTSP qusetions

[Scott Balneaves]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 10:04:57AM -0800, Chris Gravenor wrote:
> I'm going to write a proposal to test LTSP in my classroom and I hope
> that I can get answers to some simple questions. 
> 
> In January all the teachers in my school will recieve a new computer
> (dual core with 4 gigs RAM) that should be more then enough to run a
> small LTSP network (2 to 4 clients).  I'm hoping that while running as a
> server, the techer's computer can also be used for other tasks
> (emailing, entering marks, etc.).  Am I correct in this assumption?  

Yes.

> I have seen that the server needs a 128 megs of RAM to run each client,
> what does the client need to run off the server (cpu and RAM)?  

The latest docs for LTSP (upstream) are being maintained here:

http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/LtspDocumentationUpstream

See the "Sizing" section for a detailed explaination.

> In our school you can log into any computer and be able to access your
> files that you've kept on the server.  Is it possible to easily setup my
> classroom LTSP so that students can access their files in the wider
> network?  

Depends.  What acts as the server?  Windows server?  If so, you could smbmount
the fileserver onto the LTSP server.

> And lastly is there a HOWTO or method on locking down the clients
> desktop from the server?  

See the docs, but in a nutshell: use Sabayon and/or mandatory settings in
gconf.

Cheers,
Scott

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