[X2go-dev] update on the status of the new release

[Paul van der Vlis]

Heinz-M. Graesing schreef:
> Hello Paul,
> 
> Am 31.05.2010 10:32, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
>> Heinz-M. Graesing schreef:
>> I don't understand that completely. I expect as an administrator I can
>> login to the session from somebody else and change anything I want on
>> the desktop of the user. And we see both the same. Right?
> 
> You'll see the Desktop Session of the user, but - at the moment - you
> won't be able too manipulate it. 

OK. Seeing it is a nice feature.

> Mabye we'll make this feature
> "configurable" (or accessible by a special group/user), but there are
> some security issues which need to be considered (manipulation of the
> .Xauthority file by the visiting user,...).

The user could change the permission of the .Xauthority file to give an
admin-group write-rights on the file (a program could change the
permission for the user).

Not sure how difficult that manipulation is.

>>> There where also some requests regarding the needed KDE4 bindings. As
>>> KDE has changed a lot, we are discussing to build those as a "plasmoid".
>>> We'll make the new release accessible for testing purpuse soon - but the
>>> plasmoid will take us some time.
>> Many people don't use KDE. I hope it will work fine without KDE?
>>
>> Maybe you could release first without KDE4 plasmoid, and add this
>> feature later.
> 
> Yes - the plasmoid will not slow down the release/testing time!

Nice!

Met vriendelijke groet,
Paul van der Vlis.




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