[Solved] Attrib different hostname to each thin client ?

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[Solved] Attrib different hostname to each thin client ?

Post#1 by forstera » 12 Sep 2018, 13:48

Hello all,
I installed thin client on 15 computers for a school and this works great :)
The computes connect using rdp to a special Windows terminal server (multipoint server) and the teacher can see all clients. Now, he's asking if there's a way to attrib a different name (for example accorind to it's mac address) to each client to be able to distinguish them when displayed on its screen ?
(I've a central config.txt file clients connect to via http when booting)
Thanks very much for your help
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Attrib different hostname to each thin client ?

Post#2 by fanthom » 12 Sep 2018, 14:27

You can use nested configurations:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/remote-management.html#nested

and setup different hostname for each client.

If you want this to be automatic (generated from MAC) then custom build will be necessary.


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[Solved] Attrib different hostname to each thin client ?

Post#3 by forstera » 13 Sep 2018, 05:06

Great, Thanks very much ; i'll try that :)

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