[X2Go-User] enable multiple login with the same user

[Orion Poplawski]

On 3/17/21 7:24 AM, kanssoune.saliya at external.tractebel.engie.com wrote:
> Hello everyone !
> 
> I would like to configure remote login to CentOS 7 servers using x2go 
> and allow multiple login with the same user i.e. many users use the same 
> ID and password to log in at the same time.
> 
> Does x2go allow it?
> 
> I explain below a little bit more our infra :
> 
>   * We use NIS as user authentication
>   * We have more than 10 different Linux workstations
>   * Each colleague can connect on every workstations
>   * We use generic account for some purpose i.e. many users use the same
>     ID and password
> 
> Do you thing that this is possible to configure with x2go? If yes, what 
> are the steps to follow? What desktop environment (MATE, XFCE, GNOME …) 
> will be best adapted?

I don't think X2Go will have any particular issue with this.  However 
I'm pretty sure that at least KDE can throw a fit with multiple sessions 
of the same user running on the same machine.  So I think the choice of 
desktop will be your limiting factor here.


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