[X2Go-User] X2Go and ssh forwarding

[Kjell Otto]

Could you try to use the client from the console and list the output? Maybe
we can get somewhere with the printouts...?!

Greetings,
Kjellski

P.S.: @Mike, I've further improved the debugging on my clone of the client,
should I try to merge that into upstream and let
you have a look?


2013/6/27 Andreas Yankopolus <andreas at yank.to>

> I was at first rather mystified by Mike's answer referencing SSH proxy
> tab, as I didn't see it in my X2Go client, but updating to 4.0.1.0
> addressed that ;-)
>
> The proxy option times out when I try it on my system. I'm not able to
> check "Show Details" during the connection attempt to track what's
> happening.
>
> My connection from the OS X Terminal is:
>
> $ ssh -X -A -t andreas at external.ip.address ssh -A -X
> andreas at internal.ip.address
>
> I have internal.ip.address listed as the server in my connection
> preferences and andreas as the login. I've checked "Use Proxy server for
> SSH connection" in preferences and added external.ip.address as the host.
> "Same login as on X2Go Server" is checked. Passwords are different, so
> that's unchecked.
>
> —Andreas
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 07:05, Kjell Otto <otto.kjell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I remember, this feature is not very well tested, I've come across the
> usage in the codebase... only thing I can recall is that the informations
> were not really used already.
>
> If anything is not working there, tell us Andreas, I think I might be able
> to help then ;)
>
> Greetings,
> Kjellski
>
>
> 2013/6/26 Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de>
>
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>>
>> On Di 25 Jun 2013 16:29:41 CEST Andreas Yankopolus wrote:
>>
>>  Mike,
>>>
>>>  SSH agent forwardings are only supported by the Python X2Go Client
>>>> named PyHoca-GUI. X2Go Client does not support forwarding of agent auth
>>>> requests.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's not looking like PyHoca-GUI plays well with OS X. Is it possible to
>>> set up port forwarding manually and point X2Go at localhost when
>>> connecting? Or maybe there's some other option?
>>>
>>
>> Aftern thinking it through, you should be able to use the SSH proxy
>> feature (Connection tab of X2Go Client). Configure the public.ip.address as
>> the SSH proxy and the private.ip.address as X2Go Host. Enable SSH Agent
>> authentication for both target machines (SSH Proxy, X2Go Host).
>>
>>  Andreas
>>>
>>
>> Greets,
>> Mike
>>
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