[X2Go-User] Fwd: x2goserver without root access

[Ralf Hemmecke]

>> all I've currently seen is that one has to install x2goserver on
>> the server. Can I also install x2goserver (or maybe some other
>> software) on a debian6 machine if I only have an ordinary linux
>> account on the server, but no root access?

> In theory, this could work.

I thought so.

> In practice, you would have to fix all hardcoded paths in various
> scripts and probably adjust the session management glue.

:-(

Shouldn't that be easily possible via a ./configure call at compilation
time? Something like "configure --prefix=$HOME/somedir". At least this
way one would be able to build a customized server that doesn't need
root access.

Doesn't x2go follow the default of "./configure && make && make install"?

> So it won't be easy nor straight-forward.

Am I the first who asks for such a feature?

Whoever is knowledgeable about root-less installation, please make it
happen.

Ralf