[X2Go-User] Can't open display remotely or locally when using hostname in $DISPLAY

[Harvey Eneman]

To remove the "-nolisten tcp", you can simply comment out the assignment
in the nx2gostartagent script.

On 12/5/13, 2:13 PM, Nick Ingegneri wrote:
> All, 
> 
> I think I found the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
> 
> Note the options that nxagent.bin is running with:
> 
> 
> nxagent.bin -extension XFIXES
> -extension GLX -nolisten tcp -R
> -auth /home/testuser/.Xauthority -geometry 800x600 -name
> X2GO-testuser-97-1386279395_stRxterm_dp32 :97
> The "-nolisten tcp" option is preventing the Xserver from receiving any connections via TCP, so it doesn't appear to matter what I do with xhost or xauth.
> 
> Is there a configuration file I can change to remove this option?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 8:59 AM, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>  
> Hi Nick,
> 
> On  Do 05 Dez 2013 16:46:02 CET, Nick Ingegneri wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for suggesting the "ssh -Y".  That works (as done "ssh -X")  
>> but unfortunately it doesn't solve my problem. We are trying to drop  
>> X2Go into an existing environment as a replacement for a current  
>> solution, and can't force a change in how users connect to the  
>> remote machines. For X2Go we really need to figure out how to get  
>> this working with a simple "xhost +" and "setenv DISPLAY  
>> host:display".
> 
> Running xhost + on a multi-user host is not a good idea, at all. If  
> that is your setup of convenience, change it, as it 100% lacks  
> security. People can access each others' clipboards and read+write  
> content to/from it. Easily, one can sniff passwords etc. that get  
> copied to the clipboard, etc.
> 
>> Interestingly, it looks like freenx/opennx work fine in this mode,  
>> but we would prefer not to use that solution as it appears to be a  
>> dead end.  There must be something different about how freenx/opennx  
>> set up security vs X2Go, but I can't find much documentation on  
>> configuring security in X2Go.
> 
> You probably have to play with the xauth command for making your  
> desired setup work. (Though xhost + makes xauth unnecessary, so maybe  
> not).
> 
>> I'll spend some more time in the man pages, but any other  
>> suggestions here would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Greets,
> Mike
>