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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 15:06 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485442… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Adding Shared Folders] - stupid dokuwiki is ignoring the additional linebreak User : stefanbaur @@ -36,18 +36,26 @@ {{:doc:howto:filesharing-5.png|}} Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default. <note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> - <note important>Unless you really know what you are doing, do **not** un-check ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing, especially if you're a beginner and are trying to get your first connection with Folder Sharing working. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH on the reverse connections, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + <note important> + Unless you really know what you are doing, do **not** un-check ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing, especially if you're a beginner and are trying to get your first connection with Folder Sharing working. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH on the reverse connections, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + \\ + \\ + --------------------------------- //In theory,// it should be possible to un-check this box if there is no firewall or NAT routing between the Windows client and the Linux server. Note that //firewall// in this case refers to **both** hardware firewalls build into routers or bridges, as well as to software firewalls running on the Windows Client - like the built-in one that comes with every Windows since Windows XP ServicePack 2, or one belonging to an Internet Security Suite you might be running, and/or on the Linux Server, like ''iptables''. - //In reality,//, though, we've seen it fail more often than not, even when these conditions were met. + //In reality,// though, we've seen it fail more often than not, even when these conditions were met. + + --------------------------------- The one reason why you might want to un-check it is a slight performance increase due to saving some overhead, especially when running over a VPN connection (wrapping TCP in TCP, just to wrap it in TCP again is of course less than ideal), but at present, it just isn't worth the additional setup and debug effort for the average user. - **TL;DR:** If you don't have the faintest idea what the above paragraphs mean, don't uncheck that box. + --------------------------------- + + **TL;DR:** If you don't have the faintest idea what the above paragraphs mean, don't un-check that box. </note> === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-6.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 15:01 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485442… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Adding Shared Folders] - added yet another linebreak and a TLDR section User : stefanbaur @@ -37,14 +37,17 @@ Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default. <note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> <note important>Unless you really know what you are doing, do **not** un-check ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing, especially if you're a beginner and are trying to get your first connection with Folder Sharing working. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH on the reverse connections, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + //In theory,// it should be possible to un-check this box if there is no firewall or NAT routing between the Windows client and the Linux server. Note that //firewall// in this case refers to **both** hardware firewalls build into routers or bridges, as well as to software firewalls running on the Windows Client - like the built-in one that comes with every Windows since Windows XP ServicePack 2, or one belonging to an Internet Security Suite you might be running, and/or on the Linux Server, like ''iptables''. //In reality,//, though, we've seen it fail more often than not, even when these conditions were met. The one reason why you might want to un-check it is a slight performance increase due to saving some overhead, especially when running over a VPN connection (wrapping TCP in TCP, just to wrap it in TCP again is of course less than ideal), but at present, it just isn't worth the additional setup and debug effort for the average user. + + **TL;DR:** If you don't have the faintest idea what the above paragraphs mean, don't uncheck that box. </note> === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-6.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:59 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485442… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Adding Shared Folders] - added/expanded note why un-checking SSH forwarding for folder sharing is a bad idea User : stefanbaur @@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ {{:doc:howto:filesharing-5.png|}} Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default. <note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> - <note important>Un-checking ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing is something you should try to avoid. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + <note important>Unless you really know what you are doing, do **not** un-check ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing, especially if you're a beginner and are trying to get your first connection with Folder Sharing working. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH on the reverse connections, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + //In theory,// it should be possible to un-check this box if there is no firewall or NAT routing between the Windows client and the Linux server. Note that //firewall// in this case refers to **both** hardware firewalls build into routers or bridges, as well as to software firewalls running on the Windows Client - like the built-in one that comes with every Windows since Windows XP ServicePack 2, or one belonging to an Internet Security Suite you might be running, and/or on the Linux Server, like ''iptables''. //In reality,//, though, we've seen it fail more often than not, even when these conditions were met. - The one reason why you might want to un-check it is a slight performance increase due to saving some overhead, especially when running over a VPN connection, but at present, it just isn't worth the effort, especially for beginners. + The one reason why you might want to un-check it is a slight performance increase due to saving some overhead, especially when running over a VPN connection (wrapping TCP in TCP, just to wrap it in TCP again is of course less than ideal), but at present, it just isn't worth the additional setup and debug effort for the average user. </note> === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-6.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:55 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485442… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Adding Shared Folders] User : stefanbaur @@ -36,8 +36,15 @@ {{:doc:howto:filesharing-5.png|}} Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default. <note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> + <note important>Un-checking ''Use SSH port forwarding...'' for Folder Sharing is something you should try to avoid. While the connection will still be encrypted due to the use of SSH, it will likely cause problems that result in Folder Sharing not working at all. + //In theory,// it should be possible to un-check this box if there is no firewall or NAT routing between the Windows client and the Linux server. Note that //firewall// in this case refers to **both** hardware firewalls build into routers or bridges, as well as to software firewalls running on the Windows Client - like the built-in one that comes with every Windows since Windows XP ServicePack 2, or one belonging to an Internet Security Suite you might be running, and/or on the Linux Server, like ''iptables''. + + //In reality,//, though, we've seen it fail more often than not, even when these conditions were met. + + The one reason why you might want to un-check it is a slight performance increase due to saving some overhead, especially when running over a VPN connection, but at present, it just isn't worth the effort, especially for beginners. + </note> === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-6.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:47 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485441… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Running the Session] - added tip w/ link to manual mounting instructions User : stefanbaur @@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ ===== Running the Session ===== === Navigate to your Home Directory === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-7.png|}} - Once you're connected, you should see a symlink ''media'' in your home directory. Follow that symlink. + Once you're connected, you should see a symlink ''media'' in your home directory, assuming you followed our suggestion to use the Automount feature. Follow that symlink. + + <note tip>If you decided against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> === Locate your Shared Folders == {{:doc:howto:filesharing-8.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:45 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485441… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Adding Shared Folders] - added tip w/ link to manual mounting instructions User : stefanbaur @@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ === Use Automount and Port Forwarding === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-5.png|}} Make sure you've checked the ''Automount'' checkbox as well as the one that says ''Use SSH port forwarding...''. The latter should be enabled by default. + <note tip>If you decide against automounting, see [[doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing#manually_mounting_shared_folders_on_demand|Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand]] below for manual mounting instructions.</note> === Optionally activate Filename Charset Translation === {{:doc:howto:filesharing-6.png|}} -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:43 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485441… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand] User : stefanbaur @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ If you set X2GoClient to minimize into the system tray (any of the ''Hide...'' options in the screenshot above), then: {{:doc:howto:filesharing-12.png|}} - Right-click the session icon next to the clock, select the session name (in our example: ''MATE-FileSharing text''), then ''Share folder ...''. + Right-click the session icon next to the clock, select the session name (in our example: ''MATE-FileSharing test''), then ''Share folder ...''. {{:doc:howto:filesharing-13.png|}} If, instead, you have the X2GoClient window on your screen even with an active connection (noticeable by the two X2Go-related items in your taskbar, as highlighted by the two red arrows in the screenshot), click on the small ''folder icon'', that's the left of the three icons ''Folder'', ''Pause'', ''Power'' marked in the red box in the screenshot. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:42 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485441… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand] User : stefanbaur @@ -80,5 +80,6 @@ From there, the steps are the same again for both variants: {{:doc:howto:filesharing-14.png|}} + Click the name of the share (in our example: ''C:\Users\WindowsUserAccount\Downloads'') in the window that has opened, then click the ''share'' button to confirm your selection. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/01/26 14:41 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 IP-Address : 78.43.90.159 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-090-159.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing?rev=1485439… New Revision: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:x2goclient-file-sharing Edit Summary: [Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand] - added screenshots User : stefanbaur @@ -62,15 +62,23 @@ ===== Manually mounting Shared Folders on Demand ===== If you've decided against using the Automount feature, you will need to mount the Shared Folder(s) manually before you can use them. How you mount them manually depends on what checkboxes you checked under - Options/Settings/General in X2GoClient. + ''Options/Settings/General'' in X2GoClient: + {{:doc:howto:filesharing-10.png|}} - If you set X2GoClient to minimize into the system tray, then you right-click that icon, select the session name, then ''Share folder ...''. + {{:doc:howto:filesharing-11.png|}} - If, instead, you have the X2GoClient window on your screen even with an active connection, click on the small folder icon, that's the left of the three icons ''Folder'', ''Pause'', ''Power''. + If you set X2GoClient to minimize into the system tray (any of the ''Hide...'' options in the screenshot above), then: - From there, the steps are the same again for both variants. + {{:doc:howto:filesharing-12.png|}} - Click the name of the share in the window that has opened now + Right-click the session icon next to the clock, select the session name (in our example: ''MATE-FileSharing text''), then ''Share folder ...''. - Click the ''share'' button. + {{:doc:howto:filesharing-13.png|}} + + If, instead, you have the X2GoClient window on your screen even with an active connection (noticeable by the two X2Go-related items in your taskbar, as highlighted by the two red arrows in the screenshot), click on the small ''folder icon'', that's the left of the three icons ''Folder'', ''Pause'', ''Power'' marked in the red box in the screenshot. + + From there, the steps are the same again for both variants: + + {{:doc:howto:filesharing-14.png|}} + Click the name of the share (in our example: ''C:\Users\WindowsUserAccount\Downloads'') in the window that has opened, then click the ''share'' button to confirm your selection. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.x2go.org/

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26 Jan '17

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