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ltsp-chroot(8)															    ltsp-chroot(8)

NAME
ltsp-chroot - Chroots into a specific LTSP thin client chroot SYNOPSIS
ltsp-chroot <options> DESCRIPTION
ltsp-chroot chroots into a specified LTSP chroot. Optional arguments can be provided to customize the chroot location as well as extra mounts. If present, default arguments will be read from the configuration file /etc/ltsp/ltsp-chroot.conf, and overwritten with used com- mand line options. OPTIONS
-a --arch arch Sets the architecture of the target chroot. Defaults vary by distribution. -b --base dir Sets the path of the target chroot. Defaults to /opt/ltsp/. -c --mount-package-cache If set, mounts the server package directories to the chroot previous to chrooting. Settings vary by distribution. -d --mount-dev If set, mounts the server dev and devpts directories to the chroot previous to chrooting. -p --mount-proc If set, mounts the server proc to the chroot previous to chrooting. -m --mount-all If set, mounts the proc, dev and package directories to the chroot before chrooting. -p --copy-resolv-conf If set, copies the server resolv.conf to the chroot previous to chrooting. -h --help Displays the ltsp-chroot help message. SEE ALSO
ltsp-build-client(8), AVAILABILITY
ltsp-chroot is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp. MAN PAGE AUTHOR
Wim Muskee <wimmmuskee@gmail.com> 2012-02-11 ltsp-chroot(8)

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ltsp-update-image(8)					      System Manager's Manual					      ltsp-update-image(8)

NAME
ltsp-update-image - Generate an NBD image from an LTSP chroot SYNOPSIS
ltsp-update-image [OPTION] [CHROOT...] DESCRIPTION
ltsp-update-image generates a compressed squashfs image from an LTSP chroot and exports it with nbd-server(1). CHROOT can be a full path or a subdirectory of the /opt/ltsp base directory, and it defaults to the host architecture if unset. OPTIONS
-b --base= The LTSP base directory. Defaults to "/opt/ltsp". -c --cleanup Temporarily remove user accounts, logs, caches etc from the chroot before exporting the image. The chroot arch is required to be compatible with the server arch. -e --exclude= List of dirs/files to exclude from the image. This is in addition to /etc/ltsp/ltsp-update-image.excludes. -f --config-nbd Generate appropriate nbd-server configuration files. It's automatically set if NFS isn't used or if other LTSP generated nbd-server configuration files already exist. -h --help The application help page. -m --no-compress Don't compress the generated image. -n --no-backup Don't backup chroot.img to chroot.img.old. -r --revert Swap chroot.img with chroot.img.old and update kernels. SEE ALSO
ltsp-build-client(8), ltsp-update-kernels(8), ltsp-update-sshkeys(8), mksquashfs(1), nbd-server(1). AVAILABILITY
ltsp-update-image is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/ltsp. MAN PAGE AUTHOR
Copyright 2012 Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version. 2012-05-29 ltsp-update-image(8)
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