[X2Go-User] User x2goprint - shell set to /bin/sh

Mike Gabriel mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de
Fri Nov 9 09:01:39 CET 2012


Hi Heinrich,

----- Original message -----
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Mike Gabriel
> <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> > HI Heinrich,
> > 
> > 
> > On Do 08 Nov 2012 19:46:59 CET Xypron wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Mike,
> > > 
> > > I just read
> > > http://www.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:advanced:multi-node:x2goserver-printing
> > > 
> > > Following the instructions means that anybody who hacks my cups
> > > server can login as sudoer to the x2goserver, because I leave the
> > > key on the doorstep (/root/.ssh/id_dsa-x2goprint).
> > > 
> > > Why doesn't the x2goserver p
> > > 
> > > My suggestion is:
> > > apt-get install x2goserver-printing
> > > should not create user x2goprint, because the user is not needed if
> > > the Cups and the X2GO server are the same.
> > 
> > 
> > My suggestion would be splitting up the already tiny package
> > x2goserver-printing into two packages rather than one. The first
> > providing the x2goprint script, the second
> > (x2goserver-printing-multinode) creating the user.
> 
> Another option would be a debconf question, defaulting to single-node.

Reinhard, thanks for throwing that into the ring. I actually prefer that approach.

I also think that we should keep this debconf template silent, so it only gets called with dpkg-rconfigure command and a higher prio then the default.

Greets,
Mike 



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