[X2Go-User] nice article - Using WikID with x2go for 2 factor authentication

[brian mullan]

I think it would be great to post other x2go use-cases to the x2go.org site.




On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Nick Owen <nowen at wikidsystems.com> wrote:

> Thanks Brian.  Great job on X2Go folks.  I do a lot of tutorials on
> linux services and typically just set them up and document it.  I
> found X2Go very straight forward (after I backed down from Ubuntu
> 14.04).  Been tracking this project for a while and love the progress.
>
> As an aside, I'm also doing a lot with Packer.io now and did a packer
> script that creates the x2go box as described in the tutorial. I can
> post the script if people are interested.
>
> nick
> ᐧ
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:59 AM, brian mullan <bmullan.mail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > This just popped up on HowToForge as a new article post so I wanted to
> make
> > others aware of
> > it:
> >
> > Securing X2Go On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication
> >
> > In this document we are going to demonstrate how to implement two-factor
> > authentication from WiKID for remote desktop on an Ubuntu 12.04 server
> using
> > X2Go. The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a commercial/open source
> > two-factor authentication solution. X2Go is an NX-based remote desktop
> tool.
> > First, we will configure a domain on the WiKID server, then add the
> targeted
> > server as a network client to the WiKID server, and finally configure the
> > Ubuntu Precise box for x2go using pam-radius. Note that if you already
> have
> > a server configured as an SSH gateway box with pam-radius, you can simply
> > add X2Go to and it will work.
> >
> > URL:
> >
> http://www.howtoforge.com/two-factor-authentication-from-wikid-to-x2go-remote-desktop-on-ubuntu
> >
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