Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#126: x2gobroker only works in debug-mode

From: Mike Gabriel <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:34:37 +0100

Hi Morty,

On Do 28 Feb 2013 18:47:51 CET Moritz Struebe wrote:

> Hi Mike.
>
> On 2013-02-28 17:05, Mike Gabriel wrote:
>> The above described phenomenon is intended behaviour.
>>
>> In X2GOBROKER_DEBUG mode (=1) both http request methods (POST, GET)
>> are possible and deliver a proper result. The curl command issues a
>> GET request.
>>
>> Without X2GOBROKER_DEBUG mode (=0) the GET request is disable and
>> result in 404 Not Found. X2Go Client however, will just work fine, as
>> it issues a POST request.
>
> What is the rationale for this. While I don't work with the broker this
> seems odd.

With X2Go Session Broker you specify username and password as URL parameters.

That is: you end up with your user password in the firefox URL   
history. I will add a warning to the config file that hints the   
testing admin to that.

This behaviour is not about functionality, but about awareness.

Mike

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