I had seen some problems similar to this in the past when the user account used a shell other than bash.   In the Ubuntu I was using, the default shell was /bin/sh, which failed.   I also saw tickets regarding issues with tcsh.<div>
<br></div><div>So, I would confirm you&#39;re using /bin/bash and test again.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Barnet Wagman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bw@norbl.com" target="_blank">bw@norbl.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    I received the following error message while attempting to connect:<br>
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    <blockquote>Connection failed sh: 1: Syntax error: &quot;(&quot; unexpected<br>
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    x2go had been working correctly. I assume that some shell script got
    corrupted.  Does anyone know what shells script get calls when x2go
    connects?  The error appears in a popup window in the x2go client.<br>
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    thanks<br>
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    PS my configuration is<br>
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    Server:<br>
    <blockquote>Debian wheezy<br>
      xfce4<br>
      x2goserver 4.0.1.3-0<br>
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    Client:<br>
    <blockquote> OS X 10.7.5<br>
      MacPorts x2goclient.app 4.0.1.0<br>
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