Re: [X2Go-User] x2go-user Digest, Vol 10, Issue 7

[Stefan Baur]

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Am 11.02.2015 um 14:04 schrieb Nigra Truo:
 
 Oh, I forgot to indicate that I want to do this on Linux. On
 Windows, I don't know how that could work and the scripting
 environment is a little sketchy, but I know that there have been
 similar projects under Linux, for ssh and login, but that was a
 long time ago. PamUSB if I recall correctly. Is there something
 like that in X2go? I just remember seeing something in the list of
 features. The idea would be (like in PamUSB it was) that when you
 pull the stick out, the session autocloses.

Linux users and admins (except for those following the false prophets
of systemd) have always believed that unix tools should do one thing
right.

So in your case, to have a session start automatically once a certain
USB flash memory is plugged in, you will probably have to use udev
rules or something similar.

If it's possible to terminate/suspend an x2gosession automatically
once the USB flash memory is removed, I don't know.  But I'd hope that
udev can handle that as well (with some scripting magic).

Also, you might want to ping Heinz (see CC) - I know that from the
very beginning of X2Go, there's been an option to use SmartCards for
authentication and to move a suspended session around between
terminals just by plugging the SmartCard into the new terminal.  I
*think* this method has been expanded to use USB flash memory instead
of SmartCards, but I've never used it myself nor seen it in action, so
asking Heinz is your best bet here.

- -Stefan

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Re: [X2Go-User] x2go-user Digest, Vol 10, Issue 7

[Nigra Truo]

 Yes and no.
 For Windows, you could put the X2GoClient directory on the USB flash
 drive, add the ssh private key, and add a small batch file that runs
 x2goclient.exe with the --portable option.

 The catch is that there is no autorun for USB flash drives (that's a
 security feature) in Windows, so your users would have to double-click
 on the batch file.

 Using a CD/DVD would probably work, as Windows does support autorun
 there, IIRC.

 Note that a system administrator may change this and e.g. disable
 autorun completely, so there's no guarantee that it will work in 100%
 of all cases.

 - -Stefan



Hi Stefan,

Oh, I forgot to indicate that I want to do this on Linux. On Windows, I
don't know how that could work and the scripting environment is a little
sketchy, but I know that there have been similar projects under Linux, for
ssh and login, but that was a long time ago.
PamUSB if I recall correctly. Is there something like that in X2go? I just
remember seeing something in the list of features.
The idea would be (like in PamUSB it was) that when you pull the stick out,
the session autocloses.

Markus
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