X2Go Bug report logs - #566
X2Go Client for Windows cannot create C:\Users\<username>\ssh\known_hosts file when the username has non-English characters

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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: <trakatelis@uom.gr>

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:55:01 UTC

Severity: grave

Tags: pending

Found in version 4.0.2.1

Fixed in version 4.0.3.0

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 19:23:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#566: Bug#566: X2Go Client for Windows 4.0.2.1
 cannon create C:\Users\<username>\ssh\known_hosts file when the local Windows
 account username has non-English characters
From: Michael DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>
To: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>, 566@bugs.x2go.org
Cc: trakatelis@uom.gr, George Trakatelis <trakatelis@uom.edu.gr>
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On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Mike Gabriel
<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> Hi Mike#2,
>
> On  Mo 01 Sep 2014 19:28:50 CEST, George Trakatelis wrote:
>
>> A suggested patch is to substitute the Qt4 toAscii() function with
>> toLocal8Bit()
>> in two specific places of SshMasterConnection::run().
>> A git diff is as follows:
>>
>> $ diff /c/a/sshmasterconnection.cpp /c/b/sshmasterconnection.cpp
>> 521c521
>> <     ssh_options_set ( my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_SSH_DIR,
>> (mainWnd->getHomeDirectory()+"/ssh").toAscii());
>> ---
>>>
>>>     ssh_options_set ( my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_SSH_DIR,
>>> (mainWnd->getHomeDirectory()+"/ssh").toLocal8Bit());
>>
>> 630c630
>> <     ssh_options_set ( my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_SSH_DIR,
>> (mainWnd->getHomeDirectory()+"/ssh").toAscii());
>> ---
>>>
>>>     ssh_options_set ( my_ssh_session, SSH_OPTIONS_SSH_DIR,
>>> (mainWnd->getHomeDirectory()+"/ssh").toLocal8Bit());
>>
>>
>> The change affects only Windows builds and was tested in Windows 8.1 Pro
>> and Windows 7 Professional.
>>
>> G. Trakatelis
>
>
> Can you review these changes and if appropriate commit them to the master
> branch of x2goclient.git?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
>
> [...]

Sure. I'm busy today, but I'll do so within the next few/several days.

-Mike

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