Re: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

For PAM what you want to look at is here:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/

Most of the PAM modules up there have pretty good README's and example
configuration files.

I think smbmount is pretty well documented, someone chime in for any
tips and tricks when mounting Windows server shares, (I regularly mount
Netware right now).

Good old xdm has a man page, (sometimes hard to find on linux).  Login
window settings are in a resources file, usually something like:
/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources.  There are fields in that file to set the
greeting/login/password prompts.  Kdm and gdm are similar, there is also
a program out there called wdm which works pretty nice.  Here is a link
I found to an XDMCP Howto which covers gdm:

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3165/2/

Hope that helps,

- cameron


On Thu, 2001-10-18 at 21:10, Dave Prentice wrote:
> Is there a HOWTO somewhere showing how to do this?
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
> http://www.originsresource.org
> http://www.prenticenet.com/home/dprentice
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference
> 
> 
> >There are PAM modules that will auth from an NT domain server if you
> >wish.
> >
> >I would just keep the login from some local source and use an smbmount
> >type command to access any city NT resources on demand.
> >
> >If it's just the look of the graphical login window you want, you could
> >modify the xdm/gdm/kdm or whatever config to have some text stating what
> >the NT domain is.
> >
> >- cameron
> >
> >On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 04:56, Dave Prentice wrote:
> >> One other thing - I have a bunch of 486s I would like to spread around to
> >> teachers in my school that have no computers at all. These have RedHat
> using
> >> gnome, and work fine in my little classroom LAN. However, each of them
> will
> >> need to access the citywide network as a more or less standalone machine.
> >>     In linux, all the login screen requires is a login name and password.
> >> However, the school district requires the typical NT configuration of
> >> username, password, and domain. Is there a way I can customize linux to
> log
> >> on in this manner?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dave Prentice
> >> prentice@instruction.com
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jason Mellen <jmellen@cfl.rr.com>
> >> To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:37 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference
> >>
> >>
> >> >Just a quick thought from our school district...
> >> >
> >> >I don't know whether I agree with their logic but each school does
> maintain
> >> >a database of standard IP addresses. This allows the county/school to
> track
> >> >which machines are accessing which content. As a student, I find the
> spying
> >> >and distrust sad but as a liable admin I see where it is a big issue.
> Just
> >> >something to think about.
> >> >
> >> >jmellen
> >> >
> >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >Jason Mellen
> >> >Palm Bay High School
> >> >Webmaster / TSA President / Television Producer
> >> >Department Assistant - Vocational Education
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On
> Behalf
> >> >> Of Dave Prentice
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:13 PM
> >> >> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> >> >> Subject: [seul-edu] Opportunity to make a difference
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Guys,
> >> >>     I haven't written for a while, but I need some suggestions. I had
> an
> >> >> accidental but very exciting conversation today with the
> >> >> networking head for
> >> >> my school district (New Orleans). He is new to the job, having
> >> >> recently come
> >> >> from a different city. Up til now, the Information Technology
> >> >> department and
> >> >> the citywide school computer operations have been in a state of
> >> >> chaos. He is
> >> >> trying to impose some sort of order. He explained the following
> situation
> >> >> and asked for input. I told him I would ask around. (He is familiar
> with
> >> >> Linux, but for political reasons can't put it into the school system
> as a
> >> >> whole.)
> >> >>     A number of schools have set up their own unauthorized LANs with
> >> local
> >> >> servers. It's my understanding that there are several different
> >> >> versions of
> >> >> Windows being used on these. In some cases, whoever set them up
> >> >> put in DHCP
> >> >> servers, but either didn't know or didn't care about how to make sure
> >> that
> >> >> acceptable IP addresses were being issued. As a result, several are
> >> giving
> >> >> addresses which conflict with those coming from the school board's
> >> central
> >> >> or school-based servers. This causes conflicts and networking
> problems.
> >> >> Since some of these have been running for quite a while, he
> >> >> doesn't want to
> >> >> have to order them to disconnect their LANs from the Internet. The
> angry
> >> >> outcries would add to his woes. I suggested that he require those LANs
> to
> >> >> use static addresses, but he said that then somebody would need to
> keep a
> >> >> database of assigned IP addresses, adding further to the chaos.
> >> >>     Anybody have any ideas about a strandardized way to bring the
> >> >> LANs under
> >> >> control? (Or any other good suggestions, while I've got his ear?)
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> Dave Prentice
> >> >> prentice@instruction.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >--
> >- cameron miller
> >- UNIX Systems Administrator
> >- Pipeline Fool
> >- (719)587-7685
> >- cdmiller@adams.edu
> >
> >
> 
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- cameron miller
- UNIX Systems Administrator
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- (719)587-7685
- cdmiller@adams.edu