This just popped up on HowToForge as a new article post so I wanted to make others aware of it:
Securing X2Go On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication In this document we are going to demonstrate how to implement two-factor authentication from WiKID <http://www.wikidsystems.com/> for remote desktop on an Ubuntu 12.04 server using X2Go. The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a commercial/open source two-factor authentication solution. X2Go <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:newtox2go> is an NX-based remote desktop tool. First, we will configure a domain on the WiKID server, then add the targeted server as a network client to the WiKID server, and finally configure the Ubuntu Precise box for x2go using pam-radius. Note that if you already have a server configured as an SSH gateway box with pam-radius, you can simply add X2Go to and it will work.
URL: <http://www.howtoforge.com/two-factor-authentication-from-wikid-to-x2go-remote-desktop-on-ubuntu> http://www.howtoforge.com/two-factor-authentication-from-wikid-to-x2go-remot...
Thanks Brian. Great job on X2Go folks. I do a lot of tutorials on linux services and typically just set them up and document it. I found X2Go very straight forward (after I backed down from Ubuntu 14.04). Been tracking this project for a while and love the progress.
As an aside, I'm also doing a lot with Packer.io now and did a packer script that creates the x2go box as described in the tutorial. I can post the script if people are interested.
nick ᐧ
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:59 AM, brian mullan <bmullan.mail@gmail.com> wrote:
This just popped up on HowToForge as a new article post so I wanted to make others aware of it:
Securing X2Go On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication
In this document we are going to demonstrate how to implement two-factor authentication from WiKID for remote desktop on an Ubuntu 12.04 server using X2Go. The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a commercial/open source two-factor authentication solution. X2Go is an NX-based remote desktop tool. First, we will configure a domain on the WiKID server, then add the targeted server as a network client to the WiKID server, and finally configure the Ubuntu Precise box for x2go using pam-radius. Note that if you already have a server configured as an SSH gateway box with pam-radius, you can simply add X2Go to and it will work.
URL: http://www.howtoforge.com/two-factor-authentication-from-wikid-to-x2go-remot...
x2go-user mailing list x2go-user@lists.x2go.org http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user
-- Nick Owen WiKID Systems, Inc. http://www.wikidsystems.com Commercial/Open Source Two-Factor Authentication http://twitter.com/wikidsystems | #wikid on freenode,net
I think it would be great to post other x2go use-cases to the x2go.org site.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Nick Owen <nowen@wikidsystems.com> wrote:
Thanks Brian. Great job on X2Go folks. I do a lot of tutorials on linux services and typically just set them up and document it. I found X2Go very straight forward (after I backed down from Ubuntu 14.04). Been tracking this project for a while and love the progress.
As an aside, I'm also doing a lot with Packer.io now and did a packer script that creates the x2go box as described in the tutorial. I can post the script if people are interested.
nick ᐧ
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:59 AM, brian mullan <bmullan.mail@gmail.com> wrote:
This just popped up on HowToForge as a new article post so I wanted to make others aware of it:
Securing X2Go On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication
In this document we are going to demonstrate how to implement two-factor authentication from WiKID for remote desktop on an Ubuntu 12.04 server using X2Go. The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a commercial/open source two-factor authentication solution. X2Go is an NX-based remote desktop tool. First, we will configure a domain on the WiKID server, then add the targeted server as a network client to the WiKID server, and finally configure the Ubuntu Precise box for x2go using pam-radius. Note that if you already have a server configured as an SSH gateway box with pam-radius, you can simply add X2Go to and it will work.
URL:
http://www.howtoforge.com/two-factor-authentication-from-wikid-to-x2go-remot...
x2go-user mailing list x2go-user@lists.x2go.org http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user
-- Nick Owen WiKID Systems, Inc. http://www.wikidsystems.com Commercial/Open Source Two-Factor Authentication http://twitter.com/wikidsystems | #wikid on freenode,net
x2go-user mailing list x2go-user@lists.x2go.org http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-user
Hi Nick!
On Di 08 Jul 2014 14:56:39 CEST, brian mullan wrote:
I think it would be great to post other x2go use-cases to the x2go.org site.
Please subscribe to our wiki and write up your deployment story for us. Thanks,
Mike
[1] http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:start#x2go_wiki_signing_up [2] http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:deployment-stories:start
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Done. You may want to close this bug: http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308 ;-)
I did a quick version, but more than happy to expand.
nick
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
Hi Nick!
On Di 08 Jul 2014 14:56:39 CEST, brian mullan wrote:
I think it would be great to post other x2go use-cases to the x2go.org site.
Please subscribe to our wiki and write up your deployment story for us. Thanks,
Mike
[1] http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:start#x2go_wiki_signing_up [2] http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:deployment-stories:start
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DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148
GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de
freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xf...
-- Nick Owen WiKID Systems, Inc. http://www.wikidsystems.com Commercial/Open Source Two-Factor Authentication http://twitter.com/wikidsystems | #wikid on freenode,net
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