[Charlug] Single Serve (with OS) and multiple clients (each with different environment)

[Thomas Dixon]

perhaps you're looking for something like the Linux Terminal Server Project
(http://www.ltsp.org/)? we played around with this at my previous job and it
worked very well.

-tommy


On 7/6/07, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:
>
> > Are you wanting automated installs? automated upgrades? home directories
> > mounted from a central server? centralized host configuration management
> > from the server?
>
> Sorry I wasn't clear....was frustrated at the time...Here's what I'm
> looking for:
>
> 1 Central server that will hold the OS image/etc (that way I only have to
> update one machine)
>
> multiple client machines that will run their 'system' from the central
> server - but have a networked /home directory...and different setup per
> machines.  I'd like to have auto-logins based on MAC address.
>
> In a nutshell - this is for home....I have a computer for each of my three
> kids - I'm tired of admin'ing three machines - I'd rather just setup one,
> and run their machines diskless...BUT, each machine has it's own setups
> (which shouldn't be a problem, because each would have their own user
> accounts and /home directories)....BUT, I'd like two of them to
> auto-login.....and all of the PXE stuff I'm finding is from 1999?!
>
> Was wondering if other's ran into this....what are they using?....and is
> 1999 data still accurate?
>
> Thanks in advance! - Dave
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