[K12OSN] Running remote apps on ltsp?

[John Simovic]

Thanks Peter but I have over 1000 users so this idea is not appealing to me
atm. Has to be another way?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Petre Scheie" <petre at maltzen.net>
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Running remote apps on ltsp?


> I think you'll have to setup all the other users with ssh-with-no-password
in
> order for them to be able to call SO by just clicking an icon.  So,
perhaps this
> would work (this is off the top of my head) and I think you could script
it:
>
> As root on the linux box, do for each user
> 1. su - to user
> 2. ssh-keygen -t dsa
> 3. cd .ssh/
> 4. cp id_dsa.pub authorized_keys2
> 5. repeat for next user
>
> Then you could nfs mount the user's home directories on the Solaris box.
I
> havent' tried this to verify it would work.  If it doesn't, then you'd
have to
> replace step #4 with copying the id_dsa.pub key to
> solaris:/home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys2.
>
> Or you could toss security to the wind and allow rsh and call SO via that.
But
> getting that set up would probably take as much work as doing it through
ssh, so
> you might as well take the ssh route.
>
> Petre
>
> John Simovic wrote:
> > Here is what I want to do: In icewm (on the menu bar), I would like a
link
> > (script) which calls StarOffice Writer for example running on another
> > (SOlaris) server to be able to be invoked by any user who logs on to the
> > system. How do I achieve this? SSh with no password works fine for me
but
> > what about for all users?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
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