<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> I think for this small size of instalation using Edubuntu default user manager is more than enough. Why make the instalation become more complicating with LDAP stuff ? On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 03:51 +0100, Faisal wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Hi all, I am thinking of setting up a small LTSP network consisting of 10-15 workstations for a local charity. I am coming from the windows terminal services / Citrix world and i am very familiar with that side of things and my Linux experience is average at best. So far I have installed these flavours of an LTSP implementation: The debianedu based Skolelinux - <A HREF="http://www.slx.no">www.slx.no</A> and Edubuntu 12.04 in a VMWare virtual server and i have been mighty impressed with the ease of install of Edubuntu in particular and i think i will go with it. I have been able to boot up a couple of thin clients simultaneously for testing purposes and all seemed to run fine in my small lan at home. I loved some of the built in tools such as Epostes for ease of management. In terms of hardware, i think we are going for donated/cheap used fat clients and have the local apps option for LibreOffice, Firefox etc to ease the load on the server. I am also thinking of having an NFS share for the /home partition on a separate grey box(if that further helps ease the load of the server and makes it run better). As for the server, there are good deals going on where i am for small office servers such as the HP Proliant ML110 G7 with Intel Xeon E3-1220 / 3.1 GHz(quad core) and 8 GB of DDR3 1333 mhz RAM(upgradable to 16) and 7200 rpm HD disc with dual Gigabit NICs. Would something like this be suitable for powering the 10-15 workstations or will that be pushing it? The charity do not have tech savvy staff and i would like a centralized user account setup with openldap. But ideally, have a web gui front end for user account creations and password resets. I am looking into tools such as Gosa2 - <A HREF="https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/">https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/</A> and Easy LDAP management found here: <A HREF="http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/">http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/</A> . I have not been successful so far in setting up these tools, but i am still working on it. I may ask someone in my local LUG for help with this part if i struggle. Does anyone know similar tools? Apologies for asking too many questions as i am still researching and don't have a clear plan yet. Would appreciate you advice and guidance to any tool or resource that would help me get answers. Regards Faisal </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- <HR NOSHADE LENGTH="60%" ALIGN="left"> Adrie Taniwidjaja - PT. BeLogix Indonesia Jl. Lengkong Kecil No.73 Bandung <A HREF="mailto:adrie@belogix.com">adrie@belogix.com</A>, 022 9199 8360 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>