LTSP on Ubuntu

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Tue Jan 25 13:57:01 CST 2005


On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:47:58AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:

> * Matt Zimmerman 
> | I believe Tollef expressed some interest in this in the past.
> 
> I do, but I have some major issues with the design of how NXserver and
> FreeNX works (they use a SSH tunnel with a publically known key and
> nxserver set as the shell, then use their own authentication inside
> that, they use /usr/NX which is not ok wrt the FHS, I've seen
> /home/.nx mentioned as the nxserver user's home directory, which is
> something I think is wrong, wrong, wrong).  Therefore, I am writing a
> nxd which will have a different design than NXserver.

Would you create a wiki page with your thoughts, if you haven't already?
This is a popular subject, and it would be great to have a resource to
direct people to.

(it should be linked from the HoaryGoals page, where NX is listed)

-- 
 - mdz



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