[X2Go-User] Redhat, runlevels and visibility (x2goserver)

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Jan,

On Fr 29 Jun 2012 21:34:42 CEST Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> On Wednesday 2012-06-06 08:07, Mike Gabriel wrote:
>>
>>> 4) Once installation is is complete, several things do not work as  
>>> expected...
>>>
>>>
>>> 4.1) File permissions are incorrect: sudo: /etc/sudoers.d/x2go is  
>>> mode 0644,
>>> should be 0440
>
> What is the rationale for requiring 0440?

Not sure either, we do not provide this /etc/sudoers.d/x2go config  
file. Someone else (I cannot remember who) reported it to one of the  
lists.

>>> 4.2) On a server with gnome installed, but no complete X installation,
>>> creating a connection fails (session terminates during session  
>>> start procedure
>>> with no clear error message).
>>
>> About the runlevel issue, I am not sure. Is SSH started on runlevel  
>> 3? I guess
>> so. Hmmm... Once you can login via SSH, X2Go login should normally work as
>> well...
>
> I also think that the x2go software needs to convey error messages
> better. Like, when the session sqlite db is not writable, you will only
> know if you actually perl -d the relevant scripts, because stderr is
> never relayed to the user and his login GUI, for example.

Yes, these messages should also end up in our i18n team... Music of  
the future.

>>> 4.3) In the install from source documentation, reference is made to int
>>> scripts needed which should run 'x2gocleansessions' in  
>>> background/daemon mode.
>>> No such script is installed but connections still can function (at  
>>> runlevel 5,
>>> see point 4.2 above).
>>
>> An example script can be this:
>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goserver.git;a=blob;f=debian/x2goserver.init
>>
>> If that is not in the RPM x2goserver package, then this needs fixing.
>
> That init script requires love. Using killall looks like a Thor's hammer
> to kill a fly. (Luckily users with systemd don't have that problem.)

AFAICT the script looks fine. All the daemonization is in  
x2gocleansessions and the script works as simple as it is.

Mike



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