[Server-devel] [XSCE] activation server feature XSCE 5.0

[James Cameron]

Yes, 172.18.0.1 should be an address of the school server.

Open Firmware also uses this address for network time protocol (NTP),
and network boot.

It looks for http://172.18.0.1/fs{,0,1,2,4}.zip and, if signature is
good, executes the payload.  In this way it is possible to deliver any
Open Firmware program to laptops via the school server.

The payload program is usually fs-update, but can be other programs
for changing manufacturing tags, setting clock, testing battery, site
specific menus, or serial number reports for inventory control.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 02:37:55PM -0600, German Ruiz - FundacionZT wrote:
> I found the problem:
> 
> i just had to add the following configuration to lan interface configuration
> file, which in my case is /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p2p1
> 
> # The actrd initramfs tries to connect to the server on 172.18.0.1 to request
> # activation. Retain this old/deprecated address binding for compatibility.
> IPADDR2=172.18.0.1
> NETMASK2=255.255.255.0
> 
> and thenexecute /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/setup.d/xs-activation
> 
> and the activations works fine...
> 
> 2014-07-04 16:31 GMT-06:00 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>:
> 
>     I haven't heard of any XSCE deployments that wish to use the OLPC
>     security system at the same time, so you are probably the first to
>     try.
> 
>     I think the next step in diagnosis will be to find out what the XO
>     does during the activation step, find out how XS-0.7 implements this,
>     and ensure XSCE does as well.
>    
>     --
>     James Cameron
>     http://quozl.linux.org.au/
> 
> 

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/