[X2Go-User] Authentication issues

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi G. Ravenor

On Do 17 Mai 2012 20:10:19 CEST Inquisitor SHM wrote:

> I need assistance getting X2Go working. I have Ubuntu 12.04 running x2go
> server and OSX as the x2go client. I can ssh into ubuntu from mac. I cannot
> get x2go working - no matter what. The errors messages are non-descript and
> neither google or the documentation has been any help.

First thing is that Ubuntu 12.04 support is very new in X2Go and needs  
to be released still. You have to use the nightly package on the server.

There also is a documented issue about SSH key authentication:
http://www.mail-archive.com/x2go-user@lists.berlios.de/msg00618.html

> [ ... leaving out the login failure descriptiong ... ]

> I kindly ask for your assistance.

The Mac OS X client for X2Go (I assume you downloaded from
http://code.x2go.org/releases/
) is very new and might still have bugs. Do you have the chance to  
test from an x2goclient on MS Windows or on Linux? (It should even be  
possible to connect from localhost to localhost if you are lacking  
Linux machiens).

> That request said, let me say this: I think this project is fantastic and
> has a lot of promise. However, as long as connectivity between server and
> client remains more difficult than what it should, and remains badly
> documented, then the entire project effort is meaningless. The entire
> project is therefore less than useless.

It is not less than useless, it lacks man power from time to time. If  
you are interested you are welcome to contribute. Note, X2Go is an  
open product and we only sometimes reveive sponsoring or service  
contracts. Most of the work happens after work+family. Any help is  
welcome (coding, documentation, translation, etc.).

> I have some 20 years systems engineering/software development experience
> and am generally the most technical person in most companies that I work
> at, which is saying something when there are about 500 technical resources
> at any point in time.

Great!!! You sound like a good match!

> If I get frustrated with setting up simple connectivity then clearly it is
> beyond the average user - who by the way is your target audience.

Understood and agreed. And: with every new Ubuntu version (esp.  
Ubuntu) we have to adapt X2Go slightly in order to make it work with  
older versions of Linux and the latest stuff distro developers come up  
with. Our main focus, however, are the more stable distros (Debian  
squeeze, Ubuntu lucid). Ubuntu precise will gradually come into focus  
now. The half year releases, I must say,  I (as one of the X2Go  
developers, I forgot to mention that) tend to ignore...

> Again, please help me connect and understand how and why it fails to
> connect/authenticate.

Please read the posting I linked to above and see if it helps. Also  
try another client OS.

Mike

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