[X2Go-Dev] Windows X2Go client: strange entry in settings file/registry

[Oleksandr Shneyder]

Am 05.04.2012 09:52, schrieb Stefan Baur:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm seeing the following on Windows:
> 
> .x2goclient\settings and the corresponding registry key
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obviously Nice\x2goclient\settings contain
> 
> "xexec=C:\\program files\\vcxsrv\\vcxsrv.exe"
> 
> What's weird about this is that vcxsrv is not stored there, as I'm
> running the client from a mapped network drive.
> The vcxserv directory under C:\Program Files doesn't exist, and an
> ordinary user doesn't have write permissions there, so if x2goclient
> would create this folder during its run, it should display the UAC
> prompt, which it doesn't - so I think it is safe to assume that it
> doesn't attempt to create this folder.
> 
> So what is this entry good for?
> 
> -Stefan
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Hi Stefan,
It is a location where X2Go Client will look for alternative X-Server in
the case if you don't want to use an "integrated" X-Server. If checkbox
"Use integrated X-Server" in X-Server settings is checked, this option
will be ignored.

regards,
Alex
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Oleksandr Shneyder
Dipl. Informatik
X2go Core Developer Team

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