[X2Go-Dev] X2Go Client - new features and bugfix

[Oleksandr Shneyder]

Hello Mike,

please test if commit
http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient.git;a=commit;h=6290a9f307423210fdb7f8f08f2eb9c52e5ad551
fixed issue you have described.

regards,
Alex

Am 14.12.2013 03:47, schrieb Michael DePaulo:
> Alex,
> 
> Your patch successfully fixed the problem of X2goClient crashing when
> a username is not entered. Good job on that.
> 
> And I tested it on my Windows XP SP3 32-bit VM (in addition to my
> desktop with Win 8.1 64-bit), the GSSAPI / Kerberos auth works there
> too.
> 
> However, I still managed to produce one more crash on Windows, albeit
> an obscure one.
> 
> If GSSAPI authentication is enabled, and you connect through an SSH
> proxy, that SSH proxy must also use GSSAPI. It prompts you for a
> password, but it seems to ignore it. I've entered an incorrect
> password and still connects. This is not that bad of a bug and I think
> we can launch 4.0.1.2 despite it.
> 
> If that proxy does successfully authenticate using GSSAPI, and you
> successfully connect to the x2goserver via GSSAPI, the session opens
> and works as far as I've tested it. However, on disconnect, the
> x2goclient crashes.
> 
> I do not know if this crash would be realistically produced. After
> all, if the entire point of the proxy is to connect through a
> firewall, would you really be using Kerberos auth to both the proxy
> and the x2goserver? I do not think this crash bug has to be fixed
> before 4.0.1.2, but I thought I'd mention it and the former bug. (I
> will put them in the bug tracker if we do launch with these bugs.)
> 
> -Mike
> 
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I will test it when I get home in about 7 hours. I will not be able to build
>> until then also.
>>
>> FYI, if you leave the username blank when using password auth, x2goclient
>> prompts you for both the username and password. That's why the username
>> field is likely left blank.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2013 9:57 AM, "Oleksandr Shneyder" <o.shneyder at phoca-gmbh.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> I newer sought, that some one will try to open connection without
>>> specifying a username. But ok, this patch make x2go client to use
>>> default user name if no username is specified.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient.git;a=commit;h=b69329589121f2476a111622ec1cc34b12b5c112
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 13.12.2013 14:59, schrieb Michael DePaulo:
>>>> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Oleksandr Shneyder
>>>> <o.shneyder at phoca-gmbh.de> wrote:
>>>>> Hello Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>> this patch:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient.git;a=commitdiff;h=6f9ead7cf9184799f0b6ae9ff1efd0c7b879d0c6
>>>>>
>>>>> should fix the issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>
>>>> That appears to partially fix the issue.
>>>>
>>>> When I enter an invalid username (e.g. "a"), I get the error message
>>>> "Check your GSSApi configuration or choose another authentication
>>>> method". So that's a good improvement.
>>>>
>>>> But if the username field is left blank, the x2goclient still crashes.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> -Mike
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