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Channel log from 15 April 2022   (all times are UTC)

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13:34
<at2f>
Hi everyone! I'm trying to setup a system in which several computers can boot from the LTSP server and all changes to the system/user are lost after a reboot. Basically I want the /home directory to act just like the root directory does. I was told I needed to mount /home so that it would be part of the image. I've been pulling my hair out for the
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last few days trying to achieve it, but I can't seem to figure how I am supposed to do that, and the documentation is pretty scarce on the subject.
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I've tried to mount /home via /etc/ltsp/ltsp.conf with the FSTAB_HOME option, but everything I've tried (mount via NFS and SSHFS) either failed to mount entirely, or did not yield a different result than the default behaviour of writing changes done to home back to the server.
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Thanks for reading me, any help would be greatly appreciated. =)
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<alkisg>
at2f: create a normal system with one different user per pc, e.g. users pc01, pc02 ...
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Then create a script to wipe the /home/username on login and/or on logout
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That way your kiosk users will be able to use any amounts of space without wasting ram
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<at2f>
Thank you for your answer. If I understand correctly, I should apply what's discussed here: https://github.com/ltsp/ltsp/discussions/669 ?
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<alkisg>
at2f: no, what I'm suggesting is that you do a normal installation with one user per pc. Then just add a single "wipe everything" script to be run on logon/logoff
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<at2f>
OK, so I would use PWMERGE to restrict a single user to each computer, then just delete the home directory on logoff?
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<alkisg>
Sure, PWMERGE limiting sounds good. If it suits you you could also use autologin or guest login
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Since the users will not know the passwords, you don't really need pwmerge, but you can also use if it you like
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<at2f>
Oh, autologin probably sounds easier. So, something like [MAC_ADRESS_HERE] AUTOLOGIN=guest01 should do the trick, right?
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<alkisg>
[mac:address] HOSTNAME=pc01 should be enough
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Then use a global [clients] AUTOLOGIN="^pc\([0-9]*\)$/guest\1"
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<at2f>
Thanks a lot! Sorry if I asked something that was already explained somewhere else, I searched quite a lot, but since it's pretty new to me, it's been very hard to filter down what I needed to do!
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I'll try this out and report back if I have other questions. If it works just like I need it to, I'll make sure to write a page on the wiki. =)
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<alkisg>
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