[FreeNX-kNX] Re: floppy, cdrom access for roaming users

[Chris Fanning]

Happy to see you're back.

Thanks for the tip, comfirming my need to learn more bash.

I've edited nxnode adding  ...
export NXUSERIP=$userip
..to node_startsession()

the file icon_setup is now like this.
#! /bin/bash

desktop_icon=$HOME/Desktop/floppy.desktop
sed "s/nxclient/$NXUSERIP/g"
/usr/share/terminal/floppy.desktop.template > $desktop_icon

I thought that better not to call it from within nxnode because not
all sessions want this. eg. Running a nxclient from windows.


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:48:15 +0100, Fabian Franz <FabianFranz at gmx.de> wrote:
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> Am Dienstag, 25. Januar 2005 10:46 schrieb Chris Fanning:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well, nobody got back to me on the roaming users question.
> > Does that mean that there really isn't a solution already worked out?
> > I find that hard to believe. One of the benifits of using thinclients
> > is the freedom of movement it offers. In our case, during certain
> > months of the year, staff is moved from one office space to another.
> > It's only normal that their cdrom and floppy drives move with them!
> >
> > Howto make the drives follow the users thinclient.
> > This is really beta and without doubt can be improved a lot!
> >
> 
> What about an easier solution:
> 
> In nxnode, node_startsession you got the following code:
> 
> userip=$(getparam userip)
> 
> and you are already running in the context of the user.
> 
> So just add your creation of the .desktop file there - no need for a sudo
> program - though its in general a nice idea and very nice of PXES to start a
> samba server.
> 
> cu
> 
> Fabian
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