Hi!
Let me start with a little background so you understand what I'm trying to do. I work in the IT Dept at a community college and as part of my FOSS/Linux advocacy I've gained tentative permission to setup a few computers with Linux in public areas, like the library. Upper management has given me these 2 requirements:
- machines must log into the Active Directory
- machines must wipe/reset daily
So far I've been pretty successful. I am able to join to the AD with likewise-open and though I haven't implemented it yet I've read the instructions for auto-reset on each boot and don't expect any issues there. (
http://wiki.ubermix.org/page/Auto-Reset)
The problem I am having is that the user I've created on my base machine, the username that I am required to use for the AD login for all student PCs (lanstudent), is not being fully transferred when I create an updated key. I can login as that user but there is no /home/lanstudent/, and the autologin for that user is not working either (which just may be a first time boot issue - I've noticed fresh installs of Ubermix require entering a password for "user" the first time they're booted)
Here are the notes I've made during this process. Though not very thorough (details of steps are omitted) they should provide an idea of what I'm doing.
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After fresh install ...
RESIZE BASE SYSTEM PARTITION
reboot w/ key
option 5, option 3
set to 16G
option 5, option 5
set hostname
REBUILD THE BASE IMAGE
reboot (no key)
ESC, normal, 'e', replace 'aufs' with 'generic', ctrl-x
adduser lanstudent
addgroup lanstudent <all of user's groups>
edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
to autologin lanstudent
PURGE
Thunderbird
UPGRADE
(run apt-get update)
localepurge, select 'en_US' (run it, saves 158M)
firefox
google-chrome-stable
libreoffice
likewise-open-gui
vim
run apt-get autoclean
add zotero to FF
set homepages
set Favorites screen
use gparted to resize USB key
reboot w/ key
option 5, option 1
<wait>
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I guess the question comes down to: how to I get that 'lanstudent' user _fully_ transferred over with my new installation image?
I guess another problem will also be: how do I protect that account from getting destroyed each time I do a reset?
Thanks in advance!