Hi<div><br></div><div>Sooo.. when the student logs in, the custom containment in each student desktop has to authenticate the student with the local classroom server...</div><div><br></div><div>So we have 2 ways of authenticating the student with the server using kde-telepathy:</div>
<div><br></div><div>a) We expect the student to remember his username and password, which he will enter in a KDialog popup box by the containment, and if he enters the username/password correctly( which will be verified by telepathy ), then the KDialog box will disappear and his previous saved layout will be fetched from the server.</div>
<div><br></div><div>OR</div><div><br></div><div>b) We hardcode the username and password for each student's machine, so that a desktop A will always have the same username and password, when desktop A loads its containment, then its hardcoded account will be used to authenticate it with the classroom server, and we then get the student's id number(using a KDialog) to fetch his layout from the server.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Option b seems suitable, because students may not remember their details properly...where as in option b they only have to remember their id-number, which in case a student forgets, the teacher would have a backup copy of it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>but the BIG Problem with option b is that the a student can type some other student's id number and get other student's previous layout, instead of his own...this will not happen in option a.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In both the above cases, we will have to setup the individual accounts(whether they belong to the desktops or the students themselves) initially at the time of classroom environment setup.</div><div><br>
</div><div>So I suggest that I continue with option a)......any comments or suggestions?</div><div><br>-- <br>regards,<br>Karan Pratap Singh<br><br>
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