[X2go-dev] Does X2GO have support for scanning using a client-side scanner?

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 15:42 +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
> One thing I've been longing for, is the possibility of scanning on the
> remote server using a scanner connected to the client. I noticed that
> 2X now supports this. Is it possible using x2go, or will it be
> possible in the future? Do you only implement stuff that can be done
> on all platforms, or will you make it possible using ubuntu clients
> even if it's not easily done for windows clients?
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That's interesting.  I would think to enable scanning from the physical
desktop directly to the virtual desktop, i.e., from client to server,
one would have to expose the server's file system to the client (as
opposed to the current file sharing which exposes the client's file
system to the server).  That would have some very serious security
issues I think.  One of the advantages of X2Go we are selling to our
clients is the isolation of the virtual desktop from the physical thus
providing a (imperfect but helpful) barrier to malware trying to jump
from the less protected physical desktop to our highly secure virtual
desktops.

The way we do this now is an awkward, two step process of creating a
local share, scanning to that local share from the physical desktop, and
then moving the file from the share on the virtual desktop to wherever
we want it in the virtual desktop file system - John