On 2012-11-08 16:36, Ralf Hemmecke wrote: > But... I've seen a new x2gouser account on the server. Why do you need this? > > Furthermore, are there (and I'm pretty sure there are) any processes > that must be run as root or x2gouser after installation? If yes, which > are they and do you see a reason which prevents these processes from > being run as the user that comes from x2goclient?x2gouser
As x2go supports multi server installations, too, there is a central database managing the sessions. For single-host installations this is done using a sqlite database owned by x2gouser. It is accessed using the sbit-mechanism. > > Are there any real needs for a root user in x2go's server setup or does > this just happen by convenience for the developers? No, there is none. This is only due to the convenience having the same interface for multi-server as well as local installations. And it's also part of the legacy, that x2go used sudo a long time ago (which was a huge security issue). Writing a database interface which saves settings in your home should not be too much work. From there on it 98% adjusting the paths. Cheers Morty -- Dipl.-Ing. Moritz 'Morty' Struebe (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4 (Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Martensstr. 1 91058 Erlangen Tel : +49 9131 85-25419 Fax : +49 9131 85-28732 eMail : [email protected] WWW : http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~morty
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