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Howto: Thinclient - Profiling for Gentoo Linux

If you have multiple, different diskless clients running from the same NFS-Share you have to find a way to add different Startup profiles for the clients.
Here is an example how I manage this problem.

If you want to use this solution you need the following howto(s) finished:

Changes in /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/default-profile/start.sh

File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rwxr-xr-x

Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/default-profile/start.sh

Changed on 13.10.09
Issued by olli
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Default script for configuring, the system

chmod 755 /home

Changes in /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/global-profile/start.sh

File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -rwxr-xr-x

Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/global-profile/start.sh

Changed on 13.10.09
Issued by olli
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User defineable script for the global GTC profile

#!/bin/bash
if ping -c1 gabosh | grep "64 bytes from" >/dev/null 2>&1
then
 echo "Netzwerkdrucker"
 lpadmin -p "EPSON_WF_4740" -E -v ipp://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/ipp/print -m lsb/usr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WF-4640_Series-epson-escpr-en.ppd -D "EPSON WorkForce-4740" -L "bei Becky, user1 und Jonah"
fi

Changes in /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/startup/gtc-startupconfig

File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -r-x------

Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/startup/gtc-startupconfig

Changed on 16.06.09
Issued by olli
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Start the individual startscript for this host.

#if cat /proc/cmdline | grep " gtcserver" >/dev/null
#then
# echo -e "\n==============================\nLoading Server profile\n==============================\n"
# rsync -a$RSYNC_OPT /etc/thinclient/server-profile/etc/ /etc/
# . /etc/thinclient/server-profile/start.sh
#fi
g_echo_ok "Running /etc/thinclient/global-profile/start.sh"
# Switching from xdm -> display-manager
sed -i 's/xdm start/display-manager start/' /etc/thinclient/profiles/*/start.sh /_gtcroot/etc/thinclient/profiles/*/start.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
# Run global Start script
. /etc/thinclient/global-profile/start.sh
if [ -d "/etc/thinclient/profiles/`hostname`" ]
then
 # Run individual start-Script if exists
 if [ -f "/etc/thinclient/profiles/`hostname`/start.sh" ]
 then
 g_echo_ok "Running /etc/thinclient/profiles/`hostname`/start.sh"
  . /etc/thinclient/profiles/`hostname`/start.sh
 fi
# # Don't run the default profile if this is a Server
# if cat /proc/cmdline | grep " gtcserver" >/dev/null
# then
#  exit 0
# fi
else
# # Don't run the default profile if this is a Server
# if cat /proc/cmdline | grep " gtcserver" >/dev/null
# then
#  exit 0
# fi
# if cat /proc/cmdline | grep " gtcinstall"  >/dev/null
# then
#  echo -e "\n==============================\nStarting GTC installation\n==============================\n"
#  /etc/thinclient/scripts/gtc-install
# else
 g_echo_ok "Running default profile start script"
  # now in initrd
  #rsync -a$RSYNC_OPT /etc/thinclient/default-profile/etc/ /etc/
 . /etc/thinclient/default-profile/start.sh
# fi
fi

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