[K12OSN] LTSP Client Configuration Program?

[Dennis Daniels]

Hello Immanuel!
Where is this webmin module you're talking about?! I'm aware of only 
one, lightly discussed here with the caveat that it doesn't work.
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Software%3AWebmin

Do you have other info!? If yes, please share!
thanks
Dennis

Immanuel Derks wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 00:23, Joe Guenther wrote:
> 
> Hmm, this functionality we already have (and much better i.e. without
> messing up all your conf files) with the webmin LTSP module. In fact the
> symbiont is a bad copy of the same module and using webmin (1.21) as a
> back-end.
> Sorry to be sceptical, but just to add some revamped icons to an already
> existing opensource application is not convincing enough of any added
> value. Releasing an existing opensource project again as opensource
> raises some eyebrows as well...
> 
> Besides it's not compatible to LTSP 4.x..
> 
> Immanuel
> 
> 
> 
>>I just installed the symbiont GUI on a test server at home and thought the
>>whole thing looked great ... UNTIL I looked at the dhcpd.conf and lts.conf
>>files it left behind.  It did NOT leave the functional files alone ... it
>>rewrote them with the few changes I made ... resulting in totally
>>dysfunctional conf files.  with just a few tweaks to the configuration, it
>>only wrote the changes ... not the stuff that did not change.  Conclusion
>>... either use only this, or use the text files as they come from Jim
>>McQuillan, but you would not want to use both methods of editing the conf
>>files.
>>
>>It is a bit like samba-swat that also re-writes your files, it at least
>>leaves a functional all inclusive version of the configuration.  That said
>>... Symbiont workstation manager at least left a nice backup of the files.
>>
>>I personally use Kate to do my editing.  You can load the various files and
>>leave them displayed on the screen.  Next time you open Kate those files are
>>all nicely there.  I can make changes in dhcpd.conf  and then flip to the
>>terminal window, also in Kate and do the /sbin/service dhcpd restart  and
>>all the changes take effect.  This also allows one to make lots of comment
>>lines in the conf files.... which workstation this is ... location ... all
>>the wonderful examples in the files as they come out of the box.
>>
>>So I was impressed with the nice visual gui, but the way they write to the
>>files is totally unusable in my opinion.
>>
>>greetings
>>Joe Guenther
>>= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>LANtech - Didsbury
>>Chinook's Edge School Div.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>>Behalf Of Dennis Daniels
>>Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:04 PM
>>To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP Client Configuration Program?
>>
>>
>>It does look pretty good:
>>http://www.thesymbiont.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_pag
>>e&PAGE_id=29&MMN_position=64:45:61
>>
>>looks more robust than:
>>http://www.gnomepro.com/tsclient/
>>
>>Anyone else using symbiont? Anyone else using something similar?
>>best,
>>dennis
>>
>>Matthew Ross wrote:
>>
>>>I'm curious of anybody has either heard of something like this, or if
>>>they're currently working on this kind of a project?
>>>
>>>An interface which will allow an administrator to have easier control
>>>over the various client options. Text based, Web based or in a graphical
>>>X environment, It really doesn't matter, this tool would allow changes
>>>made to machines, especially as it comes to the lts.conf file. Sound
>>>card configuration, custom Video card settings, all on a per-client
>>>(more specifically a per-MAC address) basis.
>>>
>>>If a project like this is in the works, could somebody point me toward
>>>it? If there is no such project, I just might be ambitious enough (even
>>>though my coding skills don't quite meet the challenge) to make a Webmin
>>>module.
>>>
>>>--Matt
>>>
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