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X2Go Sessions File Format Specification
Default path name
- Linux, Mac OS X): $HOME/.x2goclient/sessions
- Windows (non-portable mode): session profiles are stored in the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\x2goclient)
- Windows (portable mode): session profiles are stored in a file (location???)
Related command line options:
- x2goclient: –portable, –home, –session-conf
- pyhoca-gui: –client-rootdir
Generic Sessions File Format
[<unique-timestamp-for-session-1>] <session1-option1>=<session1-value1> <session1-option2>=<session1-value2> ... <session1-optionN>=<session1-valueN> [<unique-timestamp-for-session-2>] <session2-option1>=<session2-value1> <session2-option2>=<session2-value2> ... <session2-optionN>=<session2-valueN> ... [<unique-timestamp-for-session-M>] <sessionM-option1>=<sessionM-value1> <sessionM-option2>=<sessionM-value2> ... <sessionM-optionN>=<sessionM-valueN>
Session Options en Detail
… in alphabetical order.
General Session Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | String | PyHoca-GUI feature: using ,,/“ as a separator in the session name creates menus and submenus in the PyHoca-GUI applet | ||
| icon | Filename | :icons/128×128/x2gosession.png | :icons/128×128/x2gosession.png | Icon for Desktop Session Windows |
Session Window Options
… only available with Python X2Go / PyHoca
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| setsessiontitle | Boolean | not supported | false | If disabled, the server-side provided session title is used |
| sessiontitle | String | not supported | Store a customized session window title in the session profile config |
Connection Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| host | String | FQDN Hostname or IP Adress | ||
| key | Filename | Filename to SSH private key file | ||
| krblogin | Boolean | false | not supported | |
| pack | String | jpeg-16m | jpeg-16m | NX compression method |
| quality | [0..9] | 9 | 9 | NX compression quality |
| speed | [0..4] | 2 | 2 | 0=Modem, 1=ISDN, 2=ADSL, 3=WAN, 4=LAN |
SSH Proxy Options
… only available with Python X2Go / PyHoca
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| usesshproxy | Boolean | not supported | false | Connect via a SSH proxy |
| sshproxyhost | String | not supported | Format: <hostname>[:<port>] | |
| sshproxyuser | String | not supported | Username for connecting to SSH proxy server | |
| sshproxykeyfile | Filename | not supported | Filename of local SSH private key | |
| sshproxytunnel | String | not supported | localhost:<port-on-proxy>:<x2goserver-ip>:<x2goserver-port> |
Display Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width | pos. Integer | 800 | 800 | Geometry of non-fullscreen window |
| height | pos. Integer | 600 | 600 | Geometry of non-fullscreen window |
| dpi | Integer | 96 | 96 | Use the dpi value to manipulate the font size in a session |
| fullscreen | Boolean | false | false | |
| multidisp | Boolean | false | not supported | |
| xinerama | Boolean | false | not supported |
Keyboard Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| usekbd | Boolean | false | false | Do not send keyboard type and layout to server, use as is |
| layout | String | i18n dependent | i18n dependent | Keyboard Layout (en, de, …) |
| type | String | i18n dependent | i18n dependent | Keyboard type |
Audio Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sound=true | Boolean | true | true | Enable sound |
| soundtunnel | Boolean | true | true | Python X2Go always tunnels sound through SSH |
| defsndport | Boolean | true | true | |
| soundsystem | String | pulse | pulse | Possible values: none, pulse, arts, esd |
| sndport | Pos. Integer | depends on soundsystem | depends on soundsystem | pulse: 4713, esd: 16001 |
| startsoundsystem | Boolean | false | false | Start sound system's daemon for started sessions |
Local Folder Sharing / X2Go Printing
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| useexports | Boolean | true | true | |||
| export | String | Format: ”<folder1>:[0 | 1];<folder2>:[0 | 1];“ | ||
| useiconv | Boolean | false | false | |||
| iconvfrom | String | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | Encoding names as understood by the iconv tool | ||
| iconvto | String | UTF-8 | UTF-8 | Encoding names as understood by the iconv tool | ||
| fstunnel | Boolean | true | true | On Python X2Go, file systems are always tunneled through SSH | ||
| Boolean | true | true |
MIME Box Options
… only available with Python X2Go / PyHoca
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mimeboxaction | String | not supported | OPEN | Possible values: OPEN, OPENWITH, SAVEAS |
| mimeboxextensions | List | not supported | Comma-separated list of allowed file extensions |
Session Command Options
| Option name | Data Type | Default value X2Go Client | Default value Python X2Go | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| autostart | Boolean | false | not supported | |
| autologin | Boolean | false | not supported | Only available if SSH private key is provided |
| xdmcpserver | String | localhost | localhost | Only used if command=XDMCP |
| rdpserver | String | FQDN Hostname or IP of Windows server, only used if command=RDP |
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| rdpoptions | String | -u X2GO_USER -p X2GO_PASSWORD | RDP options for command=RDP |
|
| applications | List | WWWBROWSER, MAILCLIENT, OFFICE, TERMINAL | dito | |
| rootless | Boolean | depends on session command | depends on session command | |
| command | String | KDE | TERMINAL | Command to be launched on X2Go Server |
| published | Boolean | false | false | Enable ,,published applications” mode of X2Go |
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