Can you try specifying a relative path instead of an absolute one? So, if you want it in /etc/guacamole/map/user-mapping.xml, then use:
user-mapping: map/user-mapping.xml -Nick > On Sep 8, 2017, at 11:28, D Chen <perktv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Looks like the logs got dropped...Anyways, I did more testing (Alpine 3.6, > Guacamole 0.9.13) and narrowed it down to the "user-mapping" property > contained within the guacamole.properties file not being read. > > guacamole.properties properties: > > guac:/etc/guacamole# cat guacamole.properties > guacd-port: 7777 > user-mapping: /etc/guacamole/map/user-mapping.xml > > Using the default pathing for user-mapping.xml, I'm able to succesfully > authenticate > > 13:37:49.227 [http-nio-8080-exec-6] DEBUG > o.a.g.a.f.FileAuthenticationProvider - Reading user mapping file: > "/etc/guacamole/user-mapping.xml" > 13:37:49.245 [http-nio-8080-exec-6] DEBUG o.a.g.r.auth.AuthenticationService > - Anonymous authentication attempt from 192.168.50.100 failed. > 13:38:00.100 [http-nio-8080-exec-8] INFO o.a.g.r.auth.AuthenticationService > - User "username" successfully authenticated from 192.168.50.100. > 13:38:00.105 [http-nio-8080-exec-8] DEBUG o.a.g.r.auth.AuthenticationService > - Login was successful for user "username". > 13:38:00.432 [http-nio-8080-exec-7] DEBUG o.a.g.net.InetGuacamoleSocket - > Connecting to guacd at localhost:7777. > > But moving the default user-mapping.xml to another location results in the > following log entry and updating guacamole.properties accordingly yields:: > > 13:47:53.141 [http-nio-8080-exec-4] DEBUG > o.a.g.a.f.FileAuthenticationProvider - User mapping file > "/etc/guacamole/user-mapping.xml" does not exist and will not be read. > > Is there something I'm overlooking that's really simple? I can confirm that > the guacamole.properties file is being read since I can change both the > server listening port (guacd via guacd.conf) and client communications port > (via guacamole.properties) to one other than 4822. > > Thanks > >> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 6:08 AM, Nick Couchman <nick.couch...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> First, as far as I can tell, none of the log entries are actually pasted in, >> here. You might want to send another e-mail with the log entries actually >> present. >> >> Second, have you tried creating /etc/guacamole as a directory rather than a >> symlink to another directory to see if it works that way? >> >> Finally, make sure that the GUACMAOLE_HOME environment variable is pointed >> at the location you want it, and is defined in the Tomcat startup script. >> >> Can you confirm these things, and also post the log file entries. >> >> -Nick >> >> On Thursday, September 7, 2017, 9:48:31 PM EDT, vfalx <perktv...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> I'm facing an odd issue I can't seem to pinpoint regarding the >> guacamole.properties file. >> >> I have the following setup: >> >> Alpine Linux 3.6 container (mini root fs) running Tomcat 8.5.20 in >> /opt/tomcat as the 'tomcat' user. The 'tomcat' user has a home directory of >> /opt/tomcat (defined in /etc/passwd). >> >> Within /opt/tomcat, the .guacamole folder is symlinked to /etc/guacamole >> >> All of the /opt/tomcat and /etc/guacamole are owned by the tomcat user with >> +x set for the /opt/tomcat/bin folder >> >> I'm able to successfully compile and run guacd (version 0.9.13). My >> logback.xml configuration file is properly applied. guacd can read the >> guacd.conf file (located in /etc/guacamole) and bind to port another port >> (confirmed by netstat). >> >> What I can't get is the guacamole client (precompiled 0.9.13 war) to read >> the guacamole.properties file to customize the path of user-mapping.xml. >> >> I can confirm via the catalina logs that the guacamole.properties is being >> found: >> >> when I delete guacamole.properties from /etc/guacamole, the following is the >> debug output: >> >> >> and when I add in the guacamole.properties file and restart tomcat, I get >> the following log (implying that the guacamole.properties file has been >> found): >> >> >> My guacamole.properties file has the following: >> >> >> Here's the user-mapping.xml: >> >> >> >> >> Checking the catalina logs after attempting to authenticate, I see the >> following line: >> >> >> Why is the guacamole client not looking at >> /etc/guacamole/map/user-mapping.xml for the user-mapping.xml? It's been >> defined in guacamole.properties and the GUACAMOLE_HOME defined via >> "The directory .guacamole, located within the home directory of the user >> running the servlet container." >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://apache-guacamole-incubating-users.2363388.n4.nabble.com/ >