[K12OSN] Student Log-Ins Trashed

[Mark Goodridge]

Good Morning List,
I'm conducting an iron test of a small K12LTSP lab. I've turned a group 
of 4th graders lose on it practically unsupervised and told them to go 
for it, try anything they like. I figure if the technology can stand up 
to that abuse, it can survive anything.

So far I have been very impressed. After I taught one of the kids to 
turn the server back on after power failures my tech support calls 
dropped to zero.

I've had a small handful of kids apparently screw up their profiles so 
badly that either they can't log in or when they do, their desktop is 
unusable. What I have done so far is to log in as root, save their 
files, delete the user, and then recreate the exact same user. This is 
working. Every time I do this, I get a "user files are open" message, 
even when this is not so.

My question is, what's happening that's trashing their access to the 
system and what can I do to prevent it.

Keep in mind that I'm new to this stuff so please use small words and 
short sentences.  :)

I've recorded some error messages that one of the kids gets when she 
logs in but it means nothing to me and it's rather long (more than five 
words). If you think it will help I'll pass it on.

Thanks,

-- 
Mark Goodridge
The Computer Guy
Chelsea Elementary School