Re: [Ltsp-developer] Serious flaw in virtual-ltsp scripts

[Alkis G. <al...@gm...>]

Στις 06/10/2018 11:40 πμ, ο Dashamir Hoxha έγραψε:
> By the way, `man lts.conf` gives a "No manual entry for lts.conf" error.

apt install ltsp-docs

 > However, I think that this is not a very "clean" solution, since all
 > the extra files installed by the extra packages will still go to the
 > client image.

In chrootless ltsp, the server is a template of the clients.
It's not "your generic apache/php/mysql server that also happens to be a 
template for clients". Because then it's not a template.

> I get the impression that any scripts listed on `/etc/ltsp/cleanup.d` 
> will be called automatically, besides the scripts on `/usr/share/ltsp/cleanup.d`,

Yes you can uninstall packages from there.
/etc is for administrators, /usr is for packages.
I'm not sure what "virtual-ltsp" aims to be.

> Another possible solution, which would be "clean" in my opinion, is
> to create a chroot directory by taking a snapshot/copy of the root ("/")
> directory. Then it can be managed as a chroot client image (chroot to it,
> install new packages and software, etc.) Then whatever is installed on
> the server after the creation of the chroot directory does affect the 
> content

That's just like `cp -a / /opt/ltsp/i386`. There's no need to get a 
specific tool for it. And then it still involves chroots for 
maintenance, which is what chrooted ltsp wants to avoid, as not all 
people like to use console to maintain installations.