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Changes since x2goserver v3.0.99.x:
The sudo
command is no longer required by x2goserver to neither contact the
SQLite database (installation default) nor the PostgreSQL database. Since v3.0.99.x
PostgreSQL views and rules are used to restrict users from modifying or accessing
data of other users.
The sudo
command is neither required for the use of x2godesktopsharing (but
the users who are allowed to take part in desktop sharing must be part of group x2gousers).
For accessing the X2go/PostgreSQL database Perl DBI has been used in x2goserver.
Preparations:
/etc/postgresql/(version)/main/pg_hba.conf
Example:
# IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
You must create a database user which can create databases and users for
X2go database administration. You can also use the postgres
user to do this
job.
You must save the password of this user in the file
/etc/x2go/x2gosql/passwords/pgadmin
Only root should have access to this file. It will be used only for database and user creation, you may/should delete it after these tasks are done. You can set a new password using this command on your PostgreSQL server:
$ su postgres -c "psql" psql (8.4.8) You are using psql, the command-line interface to PostgreSQL. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit postgres=# alter user postgres encrypted password '<secret-password>'; ALTER ROLE postgres=# \q
Database configuration in file /etc/x2go/x2gosql/sql:
#postgres or sqlite backend=postgres [postgres] host=localhost port=5432 #database admin (must have permissions to create databases and users) dbadmin=postgres #disable: SSL connections are never used #allow: try non-SSL, then SSL #prefer: try SSL, then non-SSL #require: connect only with SSL #default - prefer ssl=prefer
Database administration using /usr/lib/x2go/script/x2godbadmin
(on X2go server).
$ /usr/lib/x2go/script/x2godbadmin --help X2Go SQL admin interface. Use it to create x2go database and insert or remove users or groups in x2go database Usage: x2godbadmin --createdb x2godbadmin --listusers x2godbadmin --adduser|rmuser <UNIX user> x2godbadmin --addgroup|rmgroup <UNIX group>
Create database (evoke on X2go server):
$ x2godbadmin --createdb
Create database users:
You can add UNIX users or groups to database using commands $ x2godbadmin --adduser example <code> $ x2godbadmin --addgroup x2gousers
After that step users can create x2go sessions.
Before you begin! → Note that you are using old and insecure code… Please upgrade to a current version of x2goserver.
The following documentation only exists for historical reference and it will be removed soon from this wiki.
Please make sure that you have added the x2go repository to your package management system. The required steps are described here: adding the x2go repository (debian)! You'll further need to have some experience with x2goprint and maybe x2goserver.
If you want to use an already existent PostgreSQL database server in your network, you'll need to allow the x2goserver(s) access to the database server. First of all, you'll need to tell the address of the target server to every x2goserver:
# echo -n „address of postgres server“ > /etc/x2go/sql
Furthermore you'll need to allow “passwordless” authentication via SSH keys. Please don't add a “paraphrase” to the generated key:
# mkdir /root/.x2go/ssh/.pg # ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /root/.x2go/ssh/.pg/id_dsa
To copy the public part of the key to the PostgreSQL server, you may use the “ssh-copy-id” command to combine transfer and paste command, or you can paste the key after transferring it by yourself (make sure file permissions for SSH key authentication are set correctly):
# mkdir -p ~postgres/.ssh/ # cat id_dsa-pub >> ~postgres/.ssh/authorized_keys # chown -Rf postgres:postgres ~postgres/.ssh # chmod -Rf go-rwx ~postgres/.ssh
You can test the needed connection by entering following command:
# ssh -i /root/.x2go/ssh/.pg/id_dsa postgres@server
You'll also need to run the “x2gocreatebase.sh” script as described before on the database server to create the needed instance.
New server packages (deb and tar.gz) are available over our heuler repository: http://x2go.obviously-nice.de/deb/pool-heuler/
You can install this packages with apt: deb http://x2go.obviously-nice.de/deb/ heuler main
Please keep in mind, that the heuler archive is an additional repository - you'll need to have the lenny repository configured as well!