[X2Go-User] How to start a specific program from the client command line?

[Stefan Baur]

Am 01.05.20 um 13:48 schrieb Chris Green:

> I currently have an icon in my panel which runs the following:-
> 
>     x2goclient --session=<session name>
> 
> This brings up the x2go client GUI with the appropriate session loaded
> and asks for my password. 
> 
> Being a command line junkie I'd quite like to bypass the GUI if I can,
> so is there any way to get x2go[client] to ask for the password on the
> command line and go on to run the session?
> 
> Alternatively can I get x2go to use ssh's ControlMaster setting as I
> nearly always have an ssh session running to my desktop so further ssh
> connections don't ask for my password again.

We don't allow password passing on the command line for security reasons
(it's particularly hard to hide parameters in the process list).
However, you can user a SSH public/private key pair to authenticate, and
load that key into your SSH agent.  That way, you will not be prompted
for a password on each connect, but only for the passphrase upon loading
the key into your agent.
If you're using X2Go over the internet, as opposed to on a local
network, it is strongly recommended to use key files or 2FA anyway.

Also, if you're a command line junkie, you might want to check out
pyhoca-cli instead of X2GoClient as your X2Go client of choice.

-Stefan


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