Am 09.01.2017 um 12:24 schrieb Bernhard Mayr | elexis-austria:

I am looking for a solution to forward a local USB Device to the server. I would like to the local chipcard (not a sd-card!) reader by applications running on the server. Is there an easy way to manage this task?

(I should really turn this into a FAQ some time soon, as this question keeps popping up about once or twice a year since 2012 ...)

There is no USB forwarding support, because no volunteer coder has stepped up to code one in their free time, and so far no one wants to pay for the development costs either.

At present, we support printing, audio, and file sharing - that's it.

If you want a timely solution, your best bet is paying one or more developers to integrate code from http://usbip.sourceforge.net/ into X2Go. Note, however, that the Windows client side of that tool hasn't been updated since 2011, so there's no guarantee it will work out of the box on Windows 8/8.1/10. Also, they do not seem to support macOS at all, at the moment - and any USB over IP support we ship, we should ship for all three major operating systems.

<shameless plug> X2Go also has a commercial side, where various companies - including my own - offer support contracts with guaranteed response times as well as consultancy and paid-for development work if someone wants to see a bug fixed or a new feature added in a certain time frame. What makes my company special is, IMHO:

1. I'm the current X2Go Project/Community Coordinator, so the development lead and the developers tend to listen to me.
2. As far as I know, we are the only company providing X2Go support that isn't a one-man-show.
3. We sub-contract other developers from the X2Go community on demand, so you only have one person you need to talk to - me - and you will only receive one invoice, even if the task involved several freelance or part-time X2Go developers.

Our hourly rate for consultancy work and fixing issues outside of a support contract is 110 EUR. With a support contract, you get guaranteed response times (starting at 400 EUR/month for 24h response time during business hours in the CET/CEST time zone from Monday to Friday, German holidays excluded) and lower hourly rates if you buy a certain amount of hours in advance. </shameless plug>

Kind Regards, Stefan Baur

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