NAME
ltsp-build-client - Builds an LTSP client system for use with the LTSP server
SYNOPSIS
ltsp-build-client <options>
DESCRIPTION
ltsp-build-client builds an ltsp client chroot using standard packages for use with the ltsp server. This chroot installation
can be modified in a number of ways as outlined in the OPTIONS section. If present, defaults will be read from the configuration file /etc/ltsp/ltsp-build-client.conf, and will be overridden by using the command line options.
Visit http://www.ltsp.org for more information
OPTIONS
not all options are available on all installations. for a complete list of available options, use the --help option.
"--base
Sets the default path for the ltsp chroots to be installed into, defaults to /opt/ltsp/
"--dist
Distribution : Sets the distribution to be installed in the client chroot.
"--mirror
Select the mirror to download packages from. file:/// and http:// URLs are supported.
"--extra-mirror
Select an extra mirror to download packages from.
This option can also have dist and component
variables associated as demonstrated above. If no dist and components
are specified the defaults are used. file:/// and http:// URLs are supported.
"--security-mirror
Select a mirror to download package security updates from.
This option can also have dist and component
variables associated as demonstrated above. If no dist and components
are specified the defaults are used. file:/// and http:// URLs are supported.
"--exclude
Exclude the list of packages from the initial client chroot. note that this does not prevent these packages from being installed in the chroot later, only the initial building of the chroot.
"--early-packages
List of packages to be installed immediately after the initial chroot is built. this normally will include the ltsp-client package.
"--late-packages
Packages to be installed into the client chroot in the last phases of installation, after other parts of the ltsp configuration tweaks have been applied.
"--serial-console"
Enables the serial console in the new ltsp client chroot.
"--arch
Builds an i386 chroot on an amd64 or a powerpc chroot on a ppc64.
An error will be presented if the arch chosen is unsupported.
"--debconf-seeds"
Loads the debconf pre-seeding files into the ltsp client chroot
"--apt-keys
Specifies keys to add to the apt keyring
"--help"
Displays the ltsp-build-client help message
SEE ALSO
ltsp-update-sshkeys(8),
ltsp-update-kernels(8).
AVAILABILITY
ltsp-build-client is part of ltsp package
and the latest versions are available in source form from
https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp (link to URL https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp) .
MAN PAGE AUTHOR
Peter Savage - silentk - cbx33
debug@silentkeystroke.co.uk
updated 20060904 by Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@freegeek.org>