[X2Go-Dev] Review: changes and features in X2Go

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi all,

On Do 02 Feb 2012 11:56:11 CET Oleksandr Shneyder wrote:

> ==Verifying if port is free before resuming X2Go Session ==
>
> On start of an X2Go session 3 tcp ports for ssh tunnels (graphic, sound,
> sshfs) are reserved. The values of these ports are stored in the X2Go
> session database and used by X2Go clients every time an X2Go session
> gets resumed. Sometimes it can happen that one of these ports is already
> used by another application after the session had been suspended. As
> result, X2Go client will be unable to resume such session or start sound
> or sshfs tunnel. To avoid this problem X2Go server (>= 3.1.0.0) will
> verify if these ports are still unused before the session will be
> resumed. In other case new ports will be reserved. The new port values
> will be updated in database and sent to the X2Go client.
>
> IMPORTANT: Older versions of X2Go client will be compatible with newest
> X2Go servers. If ports have changed between suspend and resume of a
> session, older x2goclients will try to reconnect and fail. But on the
> next attempt, X2Go client will retrieve the updated port values from the
> X2Go session database.

This functionality has just been implemented into python-x2go, as well.
http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=python-x2go.git;a=commitdiff;h=37cbc1fa5f77877a2a7c28f30947e0fe8027601e

Greets,
Mike



-- 

DAS-NETZWERKTEAM
mike gabriel, dorfstr. 27, 24245 barmissen
fon: +49 (4302) 281418, fax: +49 (4302) 281419

GnuPG Key ID 0xB588399B
mail: mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de

freeBusy:
https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 490 bytes
Desc: Digitale PGP-Unterschrift
URL: <http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-dev/attachments/20120204/f6a79e6a/attachment.pgp>