[X2Go-Dev] Bug in sshproxy handling

[Ulrich Sibiller]

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:48 PM Oleksandr Shneyder
<o.shneyder at phoca-gmbh.de> wrote:
> It's not only about updating the user passwords. This kind interaction
> could be used for 2-factor authentication and in many other cases. There
> are many possible cases when server needs to have some additional
> interaction with user and updating of passwords is only one of them.
> After user auth is important to figure out if our session is ready and
> accepting user commands or we need further interaction. I didn't find
> better solution to find this out than sending an echo command and parse
> the answer.
> It's sad, that it's breaking your setup. If I understand it right, it's
> because your proxy closing connection when user executing something else
> than ssh. Maybe you can reconfigure your proxy and make "echo LOGIN OK"
> a valid command, this should solve your problem.

Thanks for clarification.

No, I have no control over that proxy. This is a security gateway to a
big company. I suggest a checkmark indication if that check should be
skipped.

Uli