#514 - Please add option to hide folder sharing options from x2goclient

X2Go Bug report logs - #514
Please add option to hide folder sharing options from x2goclient

Reported by: Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 18:00:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: pending

Found in version 4.0.2.0

Fixed in version 4.0.2.1

Done: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
To: Stefan Baur <newsgroups.mail2@stefanbaur.de>
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Subject: Re: Please add option to hide folder sharing options from
 x2goclient
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Hi Stefan, On Fr 06 Jun 2014 19:58:19 CEST, Stefan Baur wrote: > Similar to Bugs http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364 and > http://bugs.x2go.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365, I would like to > request an additional commandline parameter for x2goclient. > > The parameter should be named --no-sharing or similar, and what it > should do is hide the folder sharing options > > - in an active session, the "<Session Name>/Share Folder" entry on > X2Go's taskbar icon context menu when minimized > - also in an active session, the "Share Folder" icon in the session > window when not minimized > - in the session preferences windows, the "Shared folders" tab > > The reason for this is that in environments where folder sharing is > disallowed by the admin (users not members of fuse group/fuse not > installed on server), it irritates the users, as those of the > "tinkering" type try to configure a shared folder, fail, and complain to > the admins. So it would be cool to be able to hide these options with a > command line switch. > > Also, in environments where folder sharing *is* allowed, but where its > settings should not be changeable by the user, hiding the option and > making the config file readonly would be a way to keep users from making > unwanted changes. Maybe this bug should be renamed to: "Test server-side group membership and hide sharing options if connecting user is not in group fuse" ??? Having such an option configurable client-side does only make a little sense too me, but not much. Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb

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X2Go Bug report logs - #514 Please add option to hide folder sharing options from x2goclient

X2Go Bug report logs - #514
Please add option to hide folder sharing options from x2goclient