Hello Neil,
Am 24.07.2010 21:15, schrieb Neil W. Hunt:
Hello,
it appears from the documentation that the only method of using load balancing is to use the x2goldaptools. Is this accurate? We use Likewise
x2goclient was first meant as a replacement of a display manager inside our own boot environment. This is a setup for local networks as a whole OS needs to be transferred over the net. In this setup, it was a "good idea" to contact the LDAP server directly.
I am assuming that you haven't tested the x2goldaptools against active directory, but is there any way you could elaborate a bit more on exactly what the x2goldaptools do? Does it use your existing ldap server users and groups to authenticate? If so, does it need to have a group "x2gousers" with corresponding users in order for the users to be authenticated?
Yes, if you use LDAP, you can use the groups and people of that tree. You can choose a group of your own - just make sure that you've configured it correct in /etc/sudoers
Does x2go, once the x2goldaptools are installed, immediately stop looking at any one server's users?
No - if you have local configured users (/etc/passwd) they can still access the server - but taht would be a bad idea...
If Active Dir supports ldap querying through ldap:// URLs, do you expect this would work like any other LDAP server?
Other LDAP servers are reportet to work - you don't need any special schematas on the directory server. But I don't know if ADs are working with x2go.
Are there any other ways to support load balancing without the x2goldaptools?
A lot of - maybe some list users can bring up some examples?
Regards,
Heinz