IRC chat logs for #ltsp on irc.libera.chat (webchat)


Channel log from 2 December 2016   (all times are UTC)

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07:25
<alkisg>
!nbd-client
07:25
<ltsp>
nbd-client: To try mounting the NBD image from the client initramfs: nbd-client 192.168.67.1 -N /opt/ltsp/i386 /dev/nbd0
07:25
<alkisg>
!client-list
07:25
<ltsp>
client-list: to get a list of all nbd-clients (which sometimes is the same as ltsp clients), run: netstat -tn | sed -n 's/.*:10809 *\([0-9.]*\):.*/\1/p' | sort -Vu
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10:26
<gdi2k>
ah
10:26
<alkisg>
gdi2k: wrong window :)
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16:09
<sbalneav>
Oooo, gettin good...
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16:11
<sbalneav>
alkisg: http://git.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/+git/ltsp-pam
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20:10
<sbalneav>
vagrantc: have a look now
20:10
I now have the sshfs mounts happening
20:10
plus the cleanup
20:10
I've simplified the tree completely.
20:10
Now the python module's doing most of the work.
20:12
On a fat client, I can now:
20:12
log in with lightdm + gtk_greeter
20:12
home dir is mounted with sshfs
20:12
user geom is brought over into extrausers
20:13
auth during screen lock works.
20:13
Can launch X programs on the server and display on the client.
20:14
On logout, sshfs is unmounted, tunnel is terminated, and processes are cleaned up.
20:19* vagrantc cheers!
20:24
<sbalneav>
What I really should do is get off my butt and replace ltspfs.
20:26
<vagrantc>
i know alkisg had at one point thought about just using sshfs with reverse mounts or something
20:27
<sbalneav>
Here was my thought
20:27
Write a fuse filesystem that uses X atoms to communicate.
20:28
That way, if you have an SSH tunnel, the filesystem stuff would be encrypted over the tunnel
20:28
<vagrantc>
given that many projects are moving away from X ... might be good to not rely on X specific features
20:28
even crusty old X developers are nudging people to move away from it
20:29
<sbalneav>
What replaces X?
20:30
<vagrantc>
i think it's still open what will replace it
20:31
that's why i like sticking to the ssh tunnel and whatnot
20:32
although, from what i gather, noting really replaces network-transparent X :/
20:32
nothing
20:32
<sbalneav>
Wonder if we could write something that uses stdio and makes use of the existing pre-plumbed tunnel.
20:33
Everybody's down on X. But it *works*.
20:33
<vagrantc>
yes, i think using the ssh tunnel for communications might be the best way forward
20:34
<sbalneav>
And so far as I've ever seen, none of the so-called "alternatives" do even 1/4 of what X can do.
20:34
<vagrantc>
that said, i've been long thinking we should move towards defaulting to a fat client model, in which case these things become moot, except for maintaining compatibility with thin client implementations
20:35
<sbalneav>
I'm fine with going fat client.
20:35
<vagrantc>
sbalneav: i hear you! at the same time, i don't want to invest new technology into something that's softly deprecated
20:35
<sbalneav>
Yeah, fair enough. Fat client makes the problem go away, and quite frankly, I'm perfectly happy saying "Thin client only just doesn't get localdevices anymore"
20:36
<vagrantc>
e.g. keep maintaining the stuff we have with X, but probably not develop new stuff
20:36
<sbalneav>
Well, with this pam module method, we're really not dependent upon X at all.
20:36
<vagrantc>
exactly why it's so exciting! :)
20:37
frees up a lot of options
20:37
whatever way going forward will almost surely support PAM
20:37
<sbalneav>
right.
20:37
Well, what's there right now, at least for me, is workable.
20:38
<vagrantc>
sbalneav: so, my rough idea for a plan to keep moving forward is to get fat clients working beyond a proof of concept, and then spend some time seeing what we can do for thin clients
20:38
<sbalneav>
Yes. Seems logical; get the fat client stuff working, which, unless my setup is somehow really wierd, should be working mostly as-is and where-is now.
20:38
<vagrantc>
once we have a solid fat client implementation, it'll inform how difficult it will be to do the remaining thin client bits
20:40
<sbalneav>
The nice thing is with this; there's next to no C code left.
20:43
<vagrantc>
cool as C code is, i think that's a good thing :)
20:43
<sbalneav>
I'm happy to shrink LTSP down to a bare minimum.
20:44
<vagrantc>
yeah. make other projects do the work. :)
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21:12
<vagrantc>
sbalneav: looking forward to taking your new code for a spin :)
21:12
<sbalneav>
Cool
21:13
I think it's gonna need a bit more bulletproofing. But, I think it's workable as-is.
21:14
<vagrantc>
though for now, i should get a short walk in and get some sleep and adjust my timezone before my visit with alkisg tomorrow :)
21:15
this hotel wifi is silly ... it blocks http connections with a registration/login page, but all other ports, including https, work fine :)
21:16
<sbalneav>
"no one does anything else but web, right?!"
21:17
<vagrantc>
what's funny, is with the https-everywhere extension, i didn't even figure it out the pattern for quite a while
21:18* vagrantc is also glad that this new code is conforming to vagrantc's plot to switch to git
21:20
<sbalneav>
Oh, quite happy with going to git.
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