[X2Go-User] X2Go client change password on logon

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 12:43 +0100, k.whitaker at woffleys.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> X2GO is working perfectly on debian squeeze, however does anyone know  
> how to change a user's password via the x2go client on login?  
> unfortunately our set-up requires passwords to be changed every 60  
> days and when its expired I get the message:
> 
> Connection failed WARNING: Your password has expired. Password change  
> required but no TTY available.
> 
> apart from using putty or plink or ssh to trigger a password change,  
> Im hoping there's a way to do this within the client.
> 
<snip>
Working on this is something we've had on our company's to do list for a
long time.  Alex and I had a discussion about this a couple of years ago
and there are serious difficulties in handling it.  Nonetheless, we need
to find a way.  What is worse is that the x2goclient keeps trying the
same password for each of its connections so if you have account lockout
enabled, one trips it very quickly as a single incorrect login using
x2goclient multiplies to between three and four incorrect attempts -
John