[K12OSN] User already logged in prompt

[Petre Scheie]

Having multiple users log in with the same ID is generally a bad idea, because of the 
problems you're running into.  For kindergartners, it would be better to setup the 
clients to automatically login.  To do so, you have to do a small bit of configuration 
for each client machine, but I don't think it's too hard.

Credit where credit is due: Morris Brandon Elementary in Atlanta does this.  William 
Fragakis, who set it up, sent the following to me on configuring it:

here's the links to the auto-logins BIG WARNING - something breaks in
ver. 5 so that default desktop gets you an Xterm session which you then
have to exit and ask to get GNOME/KDE back. It would help if I took the
5 minutes to look at the kdmrc from a clean Ver. 5 install but haven't
got around to it. Did get a box from Ver 5 to Ver 6b over the weekend -
it takes a little while (it is 1.3 ghz Via C3, not very speedy).

downloads:
http://morrisbrandon.com/index.php?name=BeeBoard&tid=2

It's under "Server Files"

he'll need the "desktop" file and either the kdmrc_closed_server or
kdmrc_desktop_server depending whether the server also serves as a
desktop.

closed_desktop is for a server that isn't a desktop. Of course, rename
them kdmrc

At the bottom of the file is the mod - change our usernames bee1, etc.
for whatever you chose. Also note that below that for the desktop
server, we have it auto login as bee1

[X-:0-Core]
# Enable automatic login on this display. USE WITH EXTREME CARE!
# Default is false
AutoLoginEnable=true
# The user to log in automatically. NEVER specify root!
# let's use bee1 as the regular user of the server
AutoLoginUser=bee1

Just comment out those two lines if that isn't the behaviour you want.

Also, mind that we use fixed IPs so we know which workstations are going to come us 
ws001, etc.


Hope this helps

direct links:

http://morrisbrandon.com/classrooms/admin/BeeBoard/Server%20Files/desktop

http://morrisbrandon.com/classrooms/admin/BeeBoard/Server%20Files/kdmrc_closed_server

http://morrisbrandon.com/classrooms/admin/BeeBoard/Server%20Files/kdmrc_desktop_server

Petre

STAMPS, RANE wrote:
> Hi,
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>             I am running Fedora Core 5 with LTSP 4.2 and I have set up 
> an environment for kinder guarders to play educational games.  Well to 
> be convenient for the teacher and my self, I set up one user for all 7 
> classrooms.  So the thin pxe’s to the server and they login using the 
> same account and it puts up a prompt that says “User is already Logged 
> in.”  then with buttons that say “Login anyways” and “Cancel”.  Is 
> anyone aware of a way to hide this prompt or disable it.
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> Thank you,
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> Rane Stamps
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