[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy/HowTo/NetworkClients" by PetterReinholdtsen

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The "DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy/HowTo/NetworkClients" page has been changed by PetterReinholdtsen:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Wheezy/HowTo/NetworkClients?action=diff&rev1=29&rev2=30

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More details on how to get automount working on diskless workstations.

  
  A diskless workstation runs all software locally. The client machines boot directly from the LTSP server without a local hard drive. Software is administered and maintained on the LTSP server, but it runs on the diskless workstation. Home directories and system settings are stored on the server too. Diskless workstations are an excellent way of reusing newer hardware with the same low maintenance cost as with thin clients. 
  
- LTSP defines 320MB as the default minimum amount of RAM for diskless workstations. If the amount of RAM is less, the machine will boot as thin client. Unlike workstations, diskless workstations run without any need to add them with GOsa², cause LDM is used to login and connect to the LTSP server.
+ LTSP defines 320MB as the default minimum amount of RAM for diskless workstations. If the amount of RAM is less, the machine will boot as thin client. Unlike workstations, diskless workstations run without any need to add them with GOsa², cause LDM is used to login and connect to the LTSP server.  The home directory is by default mounted using sshfs, and not automount and NFS.  This causes shared directories available via NFS to not be available on diskless workstations. 
  
- The following steps can be used to get back the behaviour from Debian Edu Squeeze:
+ The following steps can be used to get back the behaviour from Debian Edu Squeeze, using automount, NFS and a display manager other than ldm:
   * Add {{{DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=/path/to/dm}}} to lts.conf (or set this in LDAP). Make sure, that the display manager is installed in the LTSP chroot.
   * Add the diskless workstations to LDAP with GOsa².