X2Go Bug report logs - #184
missing public SSH key file should throw an error

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Package: x2goclient; Maintainer for x2goclient is X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org>; Source for x2goclient is src:x2goclient.

Reported by: Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>

Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 4.0.0.4

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Report forwarded to x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de, X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>:
Bug#141; Package x2gobroker. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>:
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From: Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>
To: submit@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: X2Gobroker: session autologin does not work
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:50:13 +0100
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Package: x2gobroker
Version: 0.0.0.7

When broker-session-autologin=true is set for a profile, a temp
ssh-key-pair is generated. The pubkey is added to %h/.x2go/authorized_keys
on the term-server and the private key is given to x2goclient.
Unfortunately this does not seem to work for us. When we try to login this
way, a dialog box is shown, asking for a "passphrase to decrypt a key".
At first in our test-setup we thought this worked, because I already had
password-less login to the terminal-servers using ssh-keys. As soon as I
move my .ssh dir, this other problem occurs. It also occurs for for users
without any ssh-keys setup. I can see that the pubkey is successfully added
(and removed after 20 seconds) on the term-server in
$HOME/.x2go/authorized_keys. The sshd on the term-server is set to also
look in %h/.x2go/authorized_keys.

-- 
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It-ansvarlig
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(Society for Danish Language and Literature)
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Information forwarded to x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de, X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>:
Bug#141; Package x2gobroker. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 141@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>, 141@bugs.x2go.org
Cc: control@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#141: X2Gobroker: session autologin does not work
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:55:59 +0100
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reassign #141 x2goclient
found #141 4.0.0.4
tag #141 moreinfo
thanks

Hi Anders,

I suspect that this is not a broker issue.

On Do 07 Mär 2013 10:50:13 CET Anders Bruun Olsen wrote:

> When broker-session-autologin=true is set for a profile, a temp
> ssh-key-pair is generated. The pubkey is added to %h/.x2go/authorized_keys
> on the term-server and the private key is given to x2goclient.
> Unfortunately this does not seem to work for us. When we try to login this
> way, a dialog box is shown, asking for a "passphrase to decrypt a key".
> At first in our test-setup we thought this worked, because I already had
> password-less login to the terminal-servers using ssh-keys.

ACK.

> As soon as I
> move my .ssh dir, this other problem occurs. It also occurs for for users

What do you mean by ,,as soon as I move my .ssh dir''. I think that  
this point may be crucial to fix this bug.

> without any ssh-keys setup. I can see that the pubkey is successfully added
> (and removed after 20 seconds) on the term-server in
> $HOME/.x2go/authorized_keys. The sshd on the term-server is set to also
> look in %h/.x2go/authorized_keys.

Ack.

Mike



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Bug reassigned from package 'x2gobroker' to 'x2goclient'. Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


No longer marked as found in versions 0.0.0.7. Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Marked as found in versions 4.0.0.4. Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de, X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>:
Bug#141; Package x2goclient. (Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:48:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>:
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Message #23 received at 141@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>
To: 141@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: Bug#141: X2Gobroker: session autologin does not work
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 13:42:08 +0100
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This problem was partially fixed by clearing my .x2go and .x2goclient dirs,
meaning it might be a combination of ecdsa keys in .ssh and something in
.x2go*.

There is still the problem where x2goclient asks for a passphrase and you
have to click cancel (pressing escape will result in an "authentication
failed" dialog).

-- 
Anders Bruun Olsen
It-ansvarlig
Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab
(Society for Danish Language and Literature)
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Bug#141; Package x2goclient. (Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:03:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Message #28 received at 141@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: 141@bugs.x2go.org
Cc: control@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: Fwd: [X2Go-Dev] autologin with x2goclient in broker-mode: analysis and fix for "enter passphrase"-bug
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:52:39 +0200
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tag #141 - moreinfo
thanks

Detailed analysis from Anders below...

----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht von abo@dsl.dk -----
     Datum: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:16:47 +0200
       Von: Anders Bruun Olsen <abo@dsl.dk>
Antwort an: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de
   Betreff: [X2Go-Dev] autologin with x2goclient in broker-mode:  
analysis and fix for "enter passphrase"-bug
        An: x2go-dev <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>

Hi guys,

I just spent most of the day digging through source code for x2goclient
(reminds my why I code Python rather than C++ :) ), trying to understand
why the "enter passphrase" dialog box appears when the broker is set to do
autologin.

Summary of the bug:
x2gobroker can be setup to do autologin of users, to avoid users having to
enter their credentials twice. This is accomplished by the broker placing a
temporary SSH public key in $HOME/.x2go/authorized_keys and handing the
matching private key to the client. This temporary key is then removed
after a short while. Unfortunately, on all machines I have tested with,
including thinclients, x2goclient pops up a dialog box with the text "Enter
passphrase to decrypt a key" after authenticating against the broker and
choosing a session with autologin enabled. Pressing cancel on this dialog
box will on my desktop machine result in the autologin completing and
getting logged in. However on the x2gothinclient I tested with, the dialog
box would just pop up again and again and login would never occur.

Analysis of the bug:
When autologin is enabled, SshMasterConnection::userAuth() will react by
calling userAuthAuto(), which will look for ssh keys and if you, like me,
have an ssh key with a passphrase, it will want to try out this key by
asking for the passphrase (despite having ssh-agent running). If it does
not find a key, it also asks for a passphrase, at least on my system. The
reasons for this aren't really important here, in my oppinion. The
important question here is why it even looks for other keys when the nice
broker has provided a key. Further analysis and testing showed me that
after userAuthAuto() exists without having gotten a proper key loaded (by
pressing Cancel on the dialog box), userAuth() will then test if a key is
loaded. And because httpbrokerclient has recieved a key and put it into the
config-variable, a key IS available. This key is then used for login and
all is good. Looking closer at the code revealed that setting
config->autologin to true was actually not needed at all, and is the
culprit here. If autologin is false, then userAuth() will still see that
there is a key loaded, and happily log in the user.

My naive fix for this bug:
In ONMainWindow::startSession(), make setting the autologin variable
dependent upon not being in brokerMode:

diff --git a/onmainwindow.cpp b/onmainwindow.cpp
index 31dbc17..bc2b70f 100644
--- a/onmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/onmainwindow.cpp
@@ -3249,8 +3249,9 @@ bool ONMainWindow::startSession ( const QString& sid )

     QString cmd=st->setting()->value ( sid+"/command",
                                        ( QVariant ) QString::null
).toString();
-    autologin=st->setting()->value ( sid+"/autologin",
-                                     ( QVariant ) false ).toBool();
+    if (!brokerMode)
+        autologin=st->setting()->value ( sid+"/autologin",
+                                         ( QVariant ) false ).toBool();
     krblogin=st->setting()->value ( sid+"/krblogin",
                                     ( QVariant ) false ).toBool();
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX

I can't say what other consequences this might have, not knowing the code
well enough, but initial tests on my system shows that it works. This patch
is against git/master btw.

--
Anders Bruun Olsen
It-ansvarlig
Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab
(Society for Danish Language and Literature)


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Removed tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Bug 141 cloned as bug 184 Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:07:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Changed Bug title to 'missing public SSH key file should throw an error' from 'X2Gobroker: session autologin does not work' Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:07:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Severity set to 'minor' from 'normal' Request was from Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> to control@bugs.x2go.org. (Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:07:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de, X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>:
Bug#184; Package x2goclient. (Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:13:24 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de>. (Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:13:24 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #41 received at 184@bugs.x2go.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: 184@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: x2goclient behaviour in cases where SSH pubkeys are not found
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:13:18 +0200
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Hi Alex, hi Devs,

But #184 is a clone of #141 with a different topic now: x2goclient  
behaviour in cases where SSH pubkeys are not found

during the investigation of a fix for #141 [1] I found out this:

  o in session profile, specify a key file that does not exist
  o start a session
  -> x2goclient will ask you for the (non-existent) keys passphrase
  Better: an error message should be thrown that informs the user correctly

Something similar happens if autologin==true and the user does not  
have a key loaded in ssh-agent nor does he have some default SSH key  
files in his $HOME/.ssh:

  o start a session
  -> x2goclient will ask you for the (non-existent) keys passphrase
  Better: an error message should be thrown that informs the user correctly

[1] http://bugs.x2go.org/141

Greets,
Mike

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:16:37 +0200 (CEST)
Phil Naidoo                                                                                     
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