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"CNF Thin" is CNF's Hotdesking solution - you can take your desktop, login session, and all running applications with you from one ThinStation to another. While applications do not run on the individual ThinStation terminals but instead on the backend CNF Thin servers. When your CNF Thin session is disconnected from the ThinStation terminals, your applications will continue to run on the backend server hosting your session. When you enter in your username and password on any Thinstation terminal, either a new login session is started on one of the backend servers or the Thinstation will reconnect to the backend server hosting your login session. This has the advantage of allowing you to start a session from one location, disconnect, and reconnect from another physical location.

"CNF Thin" runs servers run RedHat Enterprise Linux v6v8. 

The ThinStation terminals run the Thinstation.org mini linux distribution.

"CNF Thin" is only accessible from the ThinStations and CNF Windows computers.

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To terminate your login session, from the "System" menu choose the bottom item: "Log Out". After a confirmation dialog, you will be completely logged out of CNF Thin.

USB

USB drives do work on the ThinStations.

1. Login or reconnect to an existing session
2. Insert your USB stick into a USB port on the ThinStation
3. From the "Applications" menu, "CNF Applications", choose "XTerm".

4. At the prompt, type in:

   Code Block
   language bash
   tl-mount-localdrives -v

5. Mounted drives will be in the following directory:
   /var/opt/thinlinc/sessions/[NetID-OR-GuestID]/last/drives

To disconnect a USB drive:

1. From the "Applications" menu, "CNF Applications", choose "XTerm"

2. At the prompt, type in:

   Code Block
   language bash
   tl-umount-localdrives -v

3. Remove your USB stick.