On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:38:05PM +1000, Con Zymaris wrote: [Massive SNIP] I've added some potential ideas because I wasn't on OSV for the discussion if you've already thought of these or feel it's too late to alter the spec. then please dissregard > > ** Programs > > - No X11 > - ftp, rsync for students to copy data to `server' > - sshd, nano / joe / vim for advanced students (and emacs, but > don't advertise it?) > - apache2, postgres, mysql, php, python, perl > - rcs, cvs A Selection of stand alone windows executables nothing that requires installing but. for example sc1.exe is about a million times more plesant than notepad and is free software(scintilla based editor) a w3c validator > > ** Scripts > > - Script to delete /home and user accounts, then create new ones. create user accounts from a textfile list? > - Script to re-install /etc and /var from the CD (without hosing > students' files). > - Script to erase disk (so that a fresh install happens on next > boot). > > - Tell the teacher the IP or hostname, so that students know what > to connect to. > > - Dump password list to a known HTML page/location, so that > teachers can render it in a browser and then print it. > > ** Misc > > - Root can only log in locally (security feature). > - Disk quotas to prevent students using server for filesharing. > > * Remarks > > - KNOPPIX expects DHCP. Anything else will require customization > and > prompting the teacher during installation (sounds like a feature > for > 1.1 to me). > > - Knoppix 3.7 has a persistent home directory feature. > > > *** > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au> Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne, Australia > Cybersource: Australia's Leading Linux and Open Source Solutions Company > Web: http://www.cyber.com.au/ Phone: 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus -- Grant Diffey aka "nevyn" http://www.luv.asn.au/ http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/
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