[KLUG Members] question about locking down a linux system for TS client

[Adam Williams]

> > Does anyone have any info on:
> > 1) can you map a drive from a linux system to the TS like you can from a 
> > windows client?
> Well yes and no.  You can mount an nfs or smb share.

Right, on windows the magickal $ shares are used for this.  Similair
constructs can be created with Samba with minimal fuss.

> > 2) Does anyone have a decent article or list of things to check to make 
> > sure the linux machines are locked down as much as possible so that 
> > students could only sit down and log into the Terminal Server with a 
> > shortcut...script that would probably run rdesktop or something in full 
> > screen mode etc...
> Read this and ask more questions.  I'd say that I only partially
> succeded at something similar to what you are interested in.
> http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/pipermail/members/2003-July/008082.html
> I'd suggest ltsp workstations.  Rip them bastardious hard drives right
> out.

Agree.