Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Documentation/Community/EBoxDesktop
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- 05/28/09 08:08:27 (4 years ago)
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v2 v3 1 1 = Autoconfiguration of clients of eBox services for desktop machines = 2 2 3 == Required scenario==3 == Introduction == 4 4 5 * eBox server (hardy) 6 * Ubuntu Jaunty client 5 '''ebox-desktop''' is a Ubuntu package intended to be installed on the desktop clients (workstations) of a network managed by eBox platform. 6 7 It provides two main features: 8 9 * Authentication against eBox LDAP: The user database is stored only on the eBox server and if you have an account on it you can login from any machine on the network. This works exactly the same as the PDC feature for Windows clients, but in this case with Ubuntu clients. 10 * Autoconfiguration of desktop clients for the services provided by eBox (mail, samba, Jabber, VoIP, ...): The first time the user logs in a machine it creates a home directory with the proper preconfigured settings. 7 11 8 12 == Configured applications == … … 16 20 * '''Firefox''' (eGroupware & User corner): Links to this two services are added to the bookmarks toolbar. Currently it only works if the user corner port is the default one (8888). 17 21 22 == Required scenario == 23 24 * eBox server. It has been currently tested with eBox 1.1.10 (alpha2) on Ubuntu Hardy, but it should work with eBox 1.0. 25 * At least one client machine with Ubuntu Jaunty installed. 26 18 27 == Changes on server side to make it work == 19 28 20 29 * Make sure that you have the File Sharing module installed, if not you can install it by '''apt-get install ebox-samba''' or using '''ebox-software''' (Software Management menu on the eBox interface). 21 30 * Enable file sharing module and save changes. 22 * Edit '''/etc/ebox/80samba.conf''' and change value of '''login_shell''' to '''/bin/bash''' (default is '''/bin/false''').31 * Edit '''/etc/ebox/80samba.conf''' and change value of '''login_shell''' option to '''/bin/bash''' (default is '''/bin/false'''). 23 32 * The above change will only affect to the users we create from now. 24 33 * Create a user from the '''Add user''' menu on the eBox interface.
