[K12OSN] Shared Sessions? - SonicWall

[Mel Wade]

Unfortunately, that's not an option now...  I just love "features!"

On 11/6/06, Julius Szelagiewicz <julius at turtle.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Mel Wade wrote:
>
> > I've run into a unique problem.
> >
> > I have my K12LTSP setup and authenticating off the AD server.  Whew!
> >
> > We use a SonicWall firewall and we have it setup to require user login
> (via
> > SonicWall's LDAP connection to the AD).  What happens is that if you go
> to a
> > web site, it redirects to the SonicWall login screen.  Once logged in a
> > popup comes up that keeps them authenticated and the main screen moves
> on to
> > the requested site.  When I login as on a LTSP client, it does uses the
> > authentication that I had logged into as root on the console...  Not
> good.
> > Does anyone have an idea why this may be happening?
> >
> Mel, the problem is not unique at all and what's more, it might well be
> called "a feature, not a bug". The terminals are network devices on their
> own, but the -applications- run on the server and it is the server that
> the SonicWall sees. That is why it is happening.
>
> What to do about it is a question you have not asked, but I'll tray to
> answer it anyway: Don't use SonicWall authentication, use SquidGuard
> instead and authenticate to the server that runs Squid.
> julius
>
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Mel Wade
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