[X2go-dev] x2goclient and ssh-agent

Oleksandr Shneyder oleksandr.shneyder at obviously-nice.de
Mon May 16 12:05:41 CEST 2011


Am 16.05.2011 11:50, schrieb Heiko Baumann:
Hello Heiko,

I don't understand what do you mean with "ssh-agent forwarding". X2Go
Client supports login using ssh-agent and you can mount
sshfs-directories from client into your X2Go session using X2Go Client.
Can you make it clear to me?

> hi,
> 
> are there any plans to support ssh-agent forwarding?
> 
> regards
> heiko
> 
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:31:07 +0200, Heiko Baumann <heiko at oss.hboss.de>
> wrote:
>> Hi Oleksandr,
>>
>> thanks for the info. i tried the new version and ssh-agent login
>> works great. but i've also hacked my patch yesterday to support agent
>> forwarding. this way i can use sshfs to mount a remote directory
>> without password into my x2gosession.
>>
>> this does not work with the new version. the changelog shows that you
>> now use libssh. is it possible to add this feature? would be really
>> useful.
>>
>> thanks
>> heiko
>>
>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:51:24 +0200, Oleksandr Shneyder
>> <oleksandr.shneyder at obviously-nice.de> wrote:
>>> Am 22.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Heiko Baumann:
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> because no one cared about my request i tried to fix it by myself.
>>>> attached is a patch which adds an --ssh-agent option to x2goclient. if
>>>> x2goclient is called with this option it uses a running ssh-agent to
>>>> connect to the x2goserver.
>>>>
>>>> btw. i dont know anything about coding C++ nor anything about
>>>> x2goclient
>>>> development. so maybe this patch does break something else or may be a
>>>> bad hack. however it works for me.
>>>>
>>>> maybe the x2go devs could include it (or write a better one :)) in one
>>>> of the next releases? this would be great because i now have SSO
>>>> with my
>>>> usb token for all important tools. ssh-agent is started at logon and
>>>> everything works without entering my passphrase again (ssh/scp, sshfs,
>>>> nxclient, x2goclient etc.).
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> heiko
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Heiko,
>>>
>>> there is a "Try auto login (ssh-agent or default ssh key)" option in
>>> preferences of a X2Go-session since x2goclient-3.01-14
>>>
>>> regards,
>>
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