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I'm trying to use the "Try auto login" feature on Windows, but it's not working (tested with X2Go Client 4.0.3.2). When connecting, I'm always asked for a password to open the key, but I actually didn't set any passphrase at all for my RSA key. I suspect that maybe X2Go Client does not even find the key. Which is the right location to put my RSA key in? Does X2Go Client consider any environment variables? (When I enter the actual path to the key in the "Use RSA/DAS key for ssh connection" field and unset the auto login option, the connection works.)
Thanks a lot for your help.
Andy
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Am 12.05.2015 um 14:19 schrieb Schmid Andreas:
I'm trying to use the "Try auto login" feature on Windows, but it's not working (tested with X2Go Client 4.0.3.2). When connecting, I'm always asked for a password to open the key, but I actually didn't set any passphrase at all for my RSA key. I suspect that maybe X2Go Client does not even find the key. Which is the right location to put my RSA key in? Does X2Go Client consider any environment variables? (When I enter the actual path to the key in the "Use RSA/DAS key for ssh connection" field and unset the auto login option, the connection works.)
If you do not specify a key file, and wish to use auto-login, you need to load the key into an SSH agent like Pageant.exe from the PuTTY suite before starting X2GoClient (or actually, before double-clicking on the session tile).
- -Stefan
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Am 12.05.2015 um 14:19 schrieb Schmid Andreas:
I'm trying to use the "Try auto login" feature on Windows, but it's not working (tested with X2Go Client 4.0.3.2). When connecting, I'm always asked for a password to open the key, but I actually didn't set any passphrase at all for my RSA key. I suspect that maybe X2Go Client does not even find the key. Which is the right location to put my RSA key in? Does X2Go Client consider any environment variables? (When I enter the actual path to the key in the "Use RSA/DAS key for ssh connection" field and unset the auto login option, the connection works.)
If you do not specify a key file, and wish to use auto-login, you need to load the key into an SSH agent like Pageant.exe from the PuTTY suite before starting X2GoClient (or actually, before double-clicking on the session tile).
Okay, so it's not as easy as I hoped. I think I'll keep specifying the key file then, as it's a very simple solution.
Thank you anyways.
Andy
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Am 13.05.2015 um 14:28 schrieb Schmid Andreas:
I'm trying to use the "Try auto login" feature on Windows, but it's not working (tested with X2Go Client 4.0.3.2). When connecting, I'm always asked for a password to open the key, but I actually didn't set any passphrase at all for my RSA key. I suspect that maybe X2Go Client does not even find the key. Which is the right location to put my RSA key in? Does X2Go Client consider any environment variables? (When I enter the actual path to the key in the "Use RSA/DAS key for ssh connection" field and unset the auto login option, the connection works.)
If you do not specify a key file, and wish to use auto-login, you need to load the key into an SSH agent like Pageant.exe from the PuTTY suite before starting X2GoClient (or actually, before double-clicking on the session tile).
Okay, so it's not as easy as I hoped. I think I'll keep specifying the key file then, as it's a very simple solution.
What's so "not easy" with pageant? *headscratch*
Put a shortcut to pageant in the autostart folder, and in the settings menu, tell it where to find the user's *.ppk file (you can use variables like %userprofile%), all done. If the keyfile has a password set, the popup appears, if not, the key is loaded.
Using pageant is actually very elegant, as you will have your key available for all things ssh, i.e. WinSCP, PuTTY, X2Go, ... and only have to specify it in one single location.
- -Stefan
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I'm trying to use the "Try auto login" feature on Windows, but it's not working (tested with X2Go Client 4.0.3.2). When connecting, I'm always asked for a password to open the key, but I actually didn't set any passphrase at all for my RSA key. I suspect that maybe X2Go Client does not even find the key. Which is the right location to put my RSA key in? Does X2Go Client consider any environment variables? (When I enter the actual path to the key in the "Use RSA/DAS key for ssh connection" field and unset the auto login option, the connection works.)
If you do not specify a key file, and wish to use auto-login, you need to load the key into an SSH agent like Pageant.exe from the PuTTY suite before starting X2GoClient (or actually, before double-clicking on the session tile).
Okay, so it's not as easy as I hoped. I think I'll keep specifying the key file then, as it's a very simple solution.
What's so "not easy" with pageant? *headscratch*
Put a shortcut to pageant in the autostart folder, and in the settings menu, tell it where to find the user's *.ppk file (you can use variables like %userprofile%), all done. If the keyfile has a password set, the popup appears, if not, the key is loaded.
Using pageant is actually very elegant, as you will have your key available for all things ssh, i.e. WinSCP, PuTTY, X2Go, ... and only have to specify it in one single location.
Well, the reason is simply that I cannot install software on our machines myself. Therefore I want to install as little software on those machines as possible, as for every piece of software I have to go through the installation steps with our IT department. They for sure would install pageant as well, but it's just easier for all of us if there's just one .exe to execute, rather than two of them. And we probably won't run PuTTY etc. on those machines.
Greets, Andy
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Am 13.05.2015 um 17:58 schrieb Schmid Andreas:
Well, the reason is simply that I cannot install software on our machines myself. Therefore I want to install as little software on those machines as possible, as for every piece of software I have to go through the installation steps with our IT department. They for sure would install pageant as well, but it's just easier for all of us if there's just one .exe to execute, rather than two of them. And we probably won't run PuTTY etc. on those machines.
Weeeell, there's no need to "install" anything at all. While both X2GoClient and PuTTY come with installers, you can also just copy all the files to a directory of your choice (say, a network share) and start them from there.
You could, for example, install X2GoClient on a test machine, then copy the contents of C:\Program Files\x2goclient (or whatever you picked as destination) to a network share, say, \\server\share\x2goclient, drop pageant.exe from PuTTY in there as well, and add a little batch file that runs pageant, adds the key, waits a few seconds, then runs x2goclient.
That way, all you have to roll out is a shortcut (*.lnk) file pointing to the batch file on \\server\share\x2goclient. No client-side installation at all.
Of course, you could also try to use %userprofile% in the ssh keyfile path within the session config, but I've never tried if that works as intended, so no promises.
- -Stefan
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Well, the reason is simply that I cannot install software on our machines myself. Therefore I want to install as little software on those machines as possible, as for every piece of software I have to go through the installation steps with our IT department. They for sure would install pageant as well, but it's just easier for all of us if there's just one .exe to execute, rather than two of them. And we probably won't run PuTTY etc. on those machines.
Weeeell, there's no need to "install" anything at all. While both X2GoClient and PuTTY come with installers, you can also just copy all the files to a directory of your choice (say, a network share) and start them from there.
You could, for example, install X2GoClient on a test machine, then copy the contents of C:\Program Files\x2goclient (or whatever you picked as destination) to a network share, say, \\server\share\x2goclient, drop pageant.exe from PuTTY in there as well, and add a little batch file that runs pageant, adds the key, waits a few seconds, then runs x2goclient.
That way, all you have to roll out is a shortcut (*.lnk) file pointing to the batch file on \\server\share\x2goclient. No client-side installation at all.
Of course, you could also try to use %userprofile% in the ssh keyfile path within the session config, but I've never tried if that works as intended, so no promises.
OK, this is quite a smart solution. Thank you a lot for your inputs, I really appreciate it. Just, as we have already installed the client (the .exe-way), and because we're still undecided about introducing X2Go at all, I'll stick to pointing to the key file directly, at least for the moment. I actually don't even need to use the %userprofile% variable, as the userprofile directory is mapped to a drive letter. What I'm working on right now is finding the best way to provide pre-defined sessions to our users. I probably got one more question, will ask in a new thread.
Thanks again,
Andy
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Am 21.05.2015 um 15:48 schrieb Schmid Andreas:
What I'm working on right now is finding the best way to provide pre-defined sessions to our users. I probably got one more question, will ask in a new thread.
Then you will want to take a look at the session broker on the server side. Of course, a "poor man's broker" using a session config file on a read-only network share could also be used, as long as your users are always connected to the LAN (this will work via VPN, too, just not when all you have is an SSH connect to your server/firewall).
Since you're talking of "your users", I'm assuming a commercial setup on your side, so I hope you don't mind if I point out that there are several companies offering commercial support for X2Go, mine being one of them. ;-)
One-time paid consultancy work for getting things set up is available, just like support contracts with guaranteed response times. Obviously, paid support is also available in German.
Feel free to contact me off-list for details.
- -Stefan
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