Re: some questions about debian-edu, especially sarge pr-05

[Patrick Willam <p.willam@gmx.de>]

Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:
> I have isntalled the sarge pr-05 version that seems to work (after
> soem help I got on the list tp help me the change of IP address I had

<just ranting>
I dont understand why everyone thinks one has to change IP adresses.
Just use a resp. *the* gateway (10.0.2.1) for coupling to other *existing*
networks. Thats what its there for.
If one wants to integrate other boxes into skolelinux network then its
better to change their ips instead of the servers.
<just ranting>

> to do) but I still have some trouble:
>
> 1/ when the terminal starts, it requests
> 192.168.0.254/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 but only
> 192.168.0.254/tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2
>
> exists !
>
> What do I have to change and where to have the terminal request the
> proper vmlinuz file ?

/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf

> I barely copied vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-2 to vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1 and the

Symlinks are also feasable.

> terminal booted but this hardly answer my needs to understand what
> happened ?
>
> 2/ I have created by hand 2 users in the webmin interface
> "administrate users in ldap".
>
> I note that I cannot decide which username the users will have (it is
> apparently the surname and the first letter of the firstname). can I
> change that ? If yes how ?

Its hardcoded. For that use CSV import function instead.

> One of the user is "luciep". I see that I can do "ssh
> luciep@localhost" and then successfully connect myself as luciep, but
> that, on the terminal, I cannot login. I can login as "luciep" on the
> server though. What happens ?

Please rephrase the situation more clearly.

> 3/ In order to create many users at once, I wonder what is the format
> the cvs file that can be imported in this "administrate users in ldap"
> tool ?

Use semicolon (";") as field seperator; you can select the type of
content for each column in the next step after uploading the CSV file.
(IIRC: a hint/explanation for this should be readable below the file upload
fields)

> Thanks,
>
> Nicolas

Try to use one mail/thread per problem/question.

Best wishes,
  Patrick