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Hi,
This was inspired by Mike#2's question on how to make microphone input
configurable in X2GoClient. The real issue goes way deeper, IMO.
Basically, we have three places where an option (not only the
microphone input) could be set:
1) command line option
2) "forced" config from broker
3) sessions file (which may be on a read-only network share)
a) We need to define an order of precedence for each option; also,
how to deal with conflicting options.
Example 1: For the microphone to be enabled, both the command line
option as well as the sessions file/broker config should match.
If the command line option says --mic=off, and the sessions
file/broker config says "mic=on", then the mic should be *off*.
Also, if the the sessions file/broker config says "mic=off", then
the command line option should *not* be able to override that.
Only if one side indicates that it doesn't care (by lacking the
option), or if all sides agree, the microphone should be turned on.
This is a security/privacy-related issue.
Example 2: The sessions file or the broker may specify cinerama=off,
and now the user attaches a second screen. So being able to pass a
cinerama=on on the command line would be nice. Also, this has no
security/privacy implications (as far as I can tell - but feel free
to prove me wrong), so an agreement between all sides (command line
vs. sessions file/broker) would not be neccessary, as long as we
agree on an order of precedence and document that properly.
b) The broker should be able to offer forced options as well as
user-selectable options. Think of it like the Firefox preferences
configuration: Admins may, e.g., force the use of a proxy using a
"lockPref", but they can also set a default home page that still
*can* be overriden by the user ("user_pref").
Similarly, the broker should be able to deliver a config (and the
client should be able to parse it) that contains markers as to which
settings are "locked" and which settings may still be changed by the
user.
Of course, this doesn't protect against "rogue" clients that have
this feature disabled, so it's not a security measure, but it would
allow an admin to, e.g., specify that sound is off by default, but
the user may turn it on if so desired.
Mike#1: Feel free to clone this bug for the broker part.
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