On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:27:51 -0700, Drew wrote in message <444FBBA7.2020501@xxxxxxx>: > >> I'm looking for a solution (and I'm not afraid of devving one if > >necessary) > to load-balance SSH logins over several mostly identical > >systems. > > > > This sounds like a job for LVS. Have a look at > > http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ > > Thanks Sebastian. I should have mentioned however that I have looked > at this and I'd like to avoid it. I'm not afraid of compiling my own > kernel or software, but here at work we avoid using anything but our > distribution's standard kernel package. If it comes down to the > choice between using LVS and not providing the load-balancing service > at all, I will probably have to choose the latter. ..check out sdm and sdm-terminal, if you wanna provide X logins over ssh, the user sees a menu to choose from and you should be able to "pile up the good boxes" on top of that menu listing: arnt@a45:~ $ apt-cache search sdm bsdmainutils - collection of more utilities from FreeBSD bsdutils - Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite cfv - versatile file checksum creator and verifier sdm - Secure Display Manager - secure remote access to X11 sdm-terminal - Secure Display Manager - terminal files turqstat - Fidonet and Usenet statistics program xturqstat - Fidonet and Usenet statistics program for X arnt@a45:~ $ apt-cache show sdm sdm-terminal Package: sdm Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 124 Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@xxxxxxxx> Architecture: all Version: 0.4.0b-3 Depends: openssh-server | ssh | ssh-server, dash, xbase-clients, x11-common | xfree86-common Recommends: xdialog Suggests: wmanager, selectwm, icewm | x-window-manager, xterm | x-terminal-emulator Filename: pool/main/s/sdm/sdm_0.4.0b-3_all.deb Size: 14108 MD5sum: 0fdab9298ea0f4e42426d67ccb31b9c4 Description: Secure Display Manager - secure remote access to X11 sdm is an X11 display manager similar to xdm, gdm and kdm, but unlike those it wraps the X11 traffic within an ssh tunnel to provide a secure login mechanism for remote X sessions. sdm provides access only through SSH, not locally. It is technically possible to access an sdm server from same host, but probably a waste of CPU power. . This package should be installed on any server acting as SDM server. . Homepage: http://www.lessdisks.net/ Tag: interface::daemon, interface::x11, role::sw:server, use::login, x11::display-manager Package: sdm-terminal Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 108 Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@xxxxxxxx> Architecture: all Source: sdm Version: 0.4.0b-3 Depends: openssh-client | ssh | ssh-client, dash, xserver-xorg | xserver-xfree86 | xserver, xbase-clients Recommends: xdialog Filename: pool/main/s/sdm/sdm-terminal_0.4.0b-3_all.deb Size: 13692 MD5sum: 93ad42913ddf30c04da3a2a4c239c49d Description: Secure Display Manager - terminal files sdm is an X11 display manager similar to xdm, gdm and kdm, but unlike those it wraps the X11 traffic within an ssh tunnel to provide a secure login mechanism for remote X sessions. sdm provides access only through SSH, not locally. It is technically possible to access an sdm server from same host, but probably a waste of CPU power. . This package contains helper files for a terminal to connect to an sdm server, and should be installed on any computer accessing an sdm server. . Homepage: http://www.lessdisks.net/ Tag: admin::login, role::content:data, security::authentication, use::login, x11::display-manager arnt@a45:~ $ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
