[SunRay-Users] Kiosk Mode AD Authentication

[Craig Bender]

Hi Kevin,
The final release version will have username/password authentication on 
the VDI service side.  It's on by default but can be turned off by those 
who do not desire that functionality.

Kevin Farrell wrote:
> I work for a University and am trying to pitch the whole xVM/VDI SunRay 
> concept.  I have an evaluation setup of VDI 3.0 up and running, but I'm 
> not sure that the functionality exists for what I want to do.
> 
> Here's what I am trying to accomplish:
> 
> Whenever a user sits down at a SunRay, they are prompted for their 
> username/password, which will then be authenticated through our AD and 
> if they have no previous configuration or desktop/pool assignments, they 
> will receive a Windows desktop from a dynamic pool.
> Otherwise, if they have multiple desktops assigned, they will be given a 
> list to choose from.
> 
> The VDA kiosk app almost accomplishes this, but the authentication is 
> not done on the front end.  It simply asks for the username/password, 
> but really only uses the username to discover the assignments.  Thus it 
> would be possible to steal other users sessions.
> 
> We could accomplish this with SmartCards, but we have far too many users 
> and it would be a nightmare to try and issue a card to every user and 
> manage all of that information.
> 
> Has anybody done something similar or have any ideas on where I can 
> start looking?  If I need to develop my own Kiosk apps for this, does 
> anybody have a template I could start from?
> 
> My servers are all running Solaris 10u6, by the way.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
>