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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/20 11:58 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497959853 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] Markup finally fixed User : stefanbaur @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ ==== Prerequisites ==== * You need an existing DHCP/PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg boot and configuration files, and a directory where kernel and initrd can be stored. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to already use HTTPS in this early stage when using iPXE. This is untested and requires building your own iPXE image. see http://ipxe.org/crypto for details. Alternatively, use ipxe.lkrn (from [[http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.lkrn]] and pxelinux.0 in combination with scripted ipxe commands in the pxelinux.cfg. - * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note: set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** + * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note:** set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]] * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/20 11:57 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497959819 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: old revision restored (2017/06/20 11:56) - serious markup problem in latest version, reverting User : stefanbaur @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ ==== Prerequisites ==== * You need an existing DHCP/PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg boot and configuration files, and a directory where kernel and initrd can be stored. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to already use HTTPS in this early stage when using iPXE. This is untested and requires building your own iPXE image. see http://ipxe.org/crypto for details. Alternatively, use ipxe.lkrn (from [[http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.lkrn]] and pxelinux.0 in combination with scripted ipxe commands in the pxelinux.cfg. - * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note:** set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** + * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note: set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/20 11:56 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497959788 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] forgot "unbold" markup User : stefanbaur @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ ==== Prerequisites ==== * You need an existing DHCP/PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg boot and configuration files, and a directory where kernel and initrd can be stored. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to already use HTTPS in this early stage when using iPXE. This is untested and requires building your own iPXE image. see http://ipxe.org/crypto for details. Alternatively, use ipxe.lkrn (from [[http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.lkrn]] and pxelinux.0 in combination with scripted ipxe commands in the pxelinux.cfg. - * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note: set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** + * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note:** set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/20 11:56 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497915663 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Prerequisites] added note describing how to work around the no-DNS squashfs limitation, and some more ipxe hints User : stefanbaur @@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ ==== Prerequisites ==== * You need an existing DHCP/PXE/TFTP setup with the usual pxelinux.0/pxelinux.cfg boot and configuration files, and a directory where kernel and initrd can be stored. This is not covered here, though we might add a separate howto for that some time later on. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. - * It **might** be possible to already use HTTPS in this early stage when using iPXE. This is untested and requires building your own iPXE image. see http://ipxe.org/crypto for details. - * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. + * It **might** be possible to already use HTTPS in this early stage when using iPXE. This is untested and requires building your own iPXE image. see http://ipxe.org/crypto for details. Alternatively, use ipxe.lkrn (from [[http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.lkrn]] and pxelinux.0 in combination with scripted ipxe commands in the pxelinux.cfg. + * You will also need an HTTP/HTTPS/FTP server with a dedicated IP (no name-based virtual hosts) for the squashfs image. - **Note: set BX2GO_NOSQUASHFS=true and use iPXE (e.g. with ipxe.lkrn + pxelinux.0) if you cannot use an IP for your host. Another option (untested) is explained [[https://blog.jacekk.info/2016/01/debian-live-webboot-dns/|here]]** * This image cannot be deployed via TFTP as it is too large - some TFTP servers refuse to serve files lager than 32MB, and some TFTP clients have problems with that as well. * Also, even if you have a TFTP server/client combination that handles files larger than 32 MB, it will still be waaaay slower than the HTTP/FTP transfer. * Note that whoever manages to spoof this server name can deploy rogue images to your ThinClients. If this is a serious issue for you, consider using local storage media and the autoupdater instead. * It **might** be possible to use HTTPS with the ''fetch='' command. This is untested. -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 23:41 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497911348 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Starting the Build] rm ./x2go-tce-initrd.img as well User : stefanbaur @@ -367,9 +367,9 @@ ln ./tftpboot/live/initrd.img ./x2go-tce-initrd.img if [ "$LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS" = "true" ] ; then (cd binary; echo live$'\n'live/filesystem.squashfs |cpio -o -H newc | gzip --fast) >./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz cat ./x2go-tce-initrd.img ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz >./x2go-tce-initrd-with-fs.img - rm ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz ./x2go-tce-filesystem.squashfs + rm ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz ./x2go-tce-filesystem.squashfs ./x2go-tce-initrd.img fi fi if [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso" ] || [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso-hybrid" ] ; then ln ./binary/live/vmlinuz ./x2go-tce-vmlinuz -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 22:29 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497909189 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Configuring the Build] added better explanation for LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS User : stefanbaur @@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ # You can safely enable this if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time, or when building the ssh-only rescue image. # For all other uses of the TCE-Live image creator (i.e. Minidesktop), your results may vary ... use at your own risk. export LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK="true" - # This patches the squashfs file into the initrd. Only useful for netbooting. + # This patches the squashfs file into the initrd. Only parsed when image type "netboot" is set. # Will require boot parameter live-media=/ instead of fetch=... # Both TFTP client and TFTP server must support file transfers >32MB for this to work, if you want to deploy this initrd via TFTP. # When using iPXE, you can use http instead of TFTP. + # This is especially helpful if you want to netboot via http and cannot use the server's IP, but must specify a DNS name - as "fetch=..." only understands IPs. export LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS="false" # Select ONE of the following LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE lines and comment out the others # to create an iso image: -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 21:53 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497902854 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: moved LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK and LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS to first script, added documentation User : stefanbaur @@ -73,8 +73,19 @@ # This is to optimize squashfs size, based on a suggestion by intrigeri from the TAILS team # note that this will permanently change /usr/lib/live/build/binary_rootfs sed -i -e 's#MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS="${MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS} -comp xz"#MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS="${MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS} -comp xz -Xbcj x86 -b 1024K -Xdict-size 1024K"#' /usr/lib/live/build/binary_rootfs + + # This removes documentation, locales and man pages + # You can safely enable this if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time, or when building the ssh-only rescue image. + # For all other uses of the TCE-Live image creator (i.e. Minidesktop), your results may vary ... use at your own risk. + export LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK="true" + + # This patches the squashfs file into the initrd. Only useful for netbooting. + # Will require boot parameter live-media=/ instead of fetch=... + # Both TFTP client and TFTP server must support file transfers >32MB for this to work, if you want to deploy this initrd via TFTP. + # When using iPXE, you can use http instead of TFTP. + export LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS="false" # Select ONE of the following LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE lines and comment out the others # to create an iso image: # export LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE='iso' @@ -337,10 +348,8 @@ if [ -d "../patch" ] ; then cp -a ../patch/* config/ fi if [ "$LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK" = "true" ] ; then - # You can safely set $LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK = "true" if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time. - # For all other uses of the TCE-Live image creator (i.e. Minidesktop), your results may vary ... use at your own risk echo '#!/bin/sh' >./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo 'set -e' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo '# Remove folders' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo 'rm -rf ./usr/share/doc/*' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot @@ -357,9 +366,9 @@ ln ./tftpboot/live/initrd.img ./x2go-tce-initrd.img if [ "$LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS" = "true" ] ; then (cd binary; echo live$'\n'live/filesystem.squashfs |cpio -o -H newc | gzip --fast) >./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz cat ./x2go-tce-initrd.img ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz >./x2go-tce-initrd-with-fs.img - rm ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz + rm ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz ./x2go-tce-filesystem.squashfs fi fi if [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso" ] || [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso-hybrid" ] ; then ln ./binary/live/vmlinuz ./x2go-tce-vmlinuz -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 20:07 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497902748 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Starting the Build] X2GOTCE_SHRINK -> LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK User : stefanbaur @@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ --archive-areas "$LBX2GO_ARCHIVE_AREAS" if [ -d "../patch" ] ; then cp -a ../patch/* config/ fi - if [ "$X2GOTCE_SHRINK" = "true" ] ; then - # You can safely set $X2GOTCE_SHRINK = "true" if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time. + if [ "$LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK" = "true" ] ; then + # You can safely set $LBX2GO_TCE_SHRINK = "true" if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time. # For all other uses of the TCE-Live image creator (i.e. Minidesktop), your results may vary ... use at your own risk echo '#!/bin/sh' >./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo 'set -e' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo '# Remove folders' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 20:05 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1497880325 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Starting the Build] added LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS option -> concats squashfs to initrd User : stefanbaur @@ -354,8 +354,13 @@ ln ./binary/live/filesystem.squashfs ./x2go-tce-filesystem.squashfs if [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "netboot" ] ; then ln ./tftpboot/live/vmlinuz ./x2go-tce-vmlinuz ln ./tftpboot/live/initrd.img ./x2go-tce-initrd.img + if [ "$LBX2GO_NOSQUASHFS" = "true" ] ; then + (cd binary; echo live$'\n'live/filesystem.squashfs |cpio -o -H newc | gzip --fast) >./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz + cat ./x2go-tce-initrd.img ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz >./x2go-tce-initrd-with-fs.img + rm ./x2go-tce-filesystem.cpio.gz + fi fi if [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso" ] || [ "$LBX2GO_IMAGETYPE" = "iso-hybrid" ] ; then ln ./binary/live/vmlinuz ./x2go-tce-vmlinuz ln ./binary/live/initrd.img ./x2go-tce-initrd.img -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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[[X2Go Wiki]] page changed: doc:howto:tce
by wiki-admin＠x2go.org 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2017/06/19 13:52 Browser : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:54.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/54.0 IP-Address : 78.43.91.217 Hostname : HSI-KBW-078-043-091-217.hsi4.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de Old Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce?rev=1488043528 New Revision: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce Edit Summary: [Starting the Build] Quotes were missing User : stefanbaur @@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ --archive-areas "$LBX2GO_ARCHIVE_AREAS" if [ -d "../patch" ] ; then cp -a ../patch/* config/ fi - if [ $X2GOTCE_SHRINK = "true" ] ; then + if [ "$X2GOTCE_SHRINK" = "true" ] ; then # You can safely set $X2GOTCE_SHRINK = "true" if you intend to run X2GoClient in fullscreen mode all the time. # For all other uses of the TCE-Live image creator (i.e. Minidesktop), your results may vary ... use at your own risk echo '#!/bin/sh' >./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot echo 'set -e' >>./config/hooks/0112-remove-folders.hook.chroot -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at https://wiki.x2go.org/

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