X2Go Bug report logs - #1230
x2go fails unhelpfully when a session fails to start

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Package: x2goserver; Maintainer for x2goserver is X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org>; Source for x2goserver is src:x2goserver.

Reported by: "Norman Gray" <gray@nxg.name>

Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: pending

Found in version 4.0.1.20

Fixed in version 4.0.1.23

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From: "Norman Gray" <gray@nxg.name>
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Subject: x2go fails unhelpfully when a session fails to start
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:02:20 +0100
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When a username is rejected by the 'valid username' test (see separate 
bug report<https://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1229>), the 
session doesn't fail, but simply seems to hang, giving no feedback about 
the problem, nor, as far as I can see, reporting anything in the logs.

To reproduce, attempt to log in using a username such as '123x'.  The 
session doesn't complete the setup, leaving the user at a blank screen.

Suggestion: a user-visible error message should be produced, and an 
informative message sent to the system log.

Best wishes,

Norman


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Norman Gray  :  https://nxg.me.uk


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