[arch-general] Arch Linux PC as a Remote Desktop Node

[Giancarlo Razzolini]

Em julho 27, 2018 14:46 Foxtrot Mike via arch-general escreveu:
> 
> The issue with x2go and ltsp is that I'll have to separately manage 
> username and passwords for local Linux login. The solution that I'd 
> rather prefer would use Active directory authentication so the current 
> system administrator won't have to do anything extra. The group policies 
> are already there. Once the Arch system is properly configured, I'd 
> disable local logins so there will be very limited chance for a user to 
> corrupt/modify Arch system. And ideally, the user would have no way to 
> interact with the local system. Thats why I want to limit the user to 
> freeRDP. Anything else, and the X-session expires.

You have more than one option to authenticate to windows AD servers [0] . You
have PAM Ldap, winbind, making a samba server the secondary controller, etc.

You will probably need a local home dir for storing session data, but this can
be created/destroyed on demand.

> 
> Plus, I am very much into embedded linux systems (routers, SBCs, etc). I 
> think putting the various pieces together would be give me a lot more to 
> learn as compared to using a third party specialized software such as a 
> kiosk script.
>

Why reinvent the wheel here? I understand the need for learning, but I wouldn't
do this on something that is intended as a production system. Again, don't use
plain X protocol over the network, it's very wasteful.

Regards,
Giancarlo Razzolini

[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Active_Directory_Integration
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