X2Go Bug report logs - #631
develop X2Go Server session manager

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To: Horst Schirmeier <horst@schirmeier.com>, 626@bugs.x2go.org
Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#626: NX agent dies not reliably remove socket
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Control: clone -1 -2 -3
Control: reopen -2 -3
Control: retitle -2 clean up stable /tmp/.X<disp>-lock files
Control: retitle -3 develop X2Go Server session manager
Control: severity -2 important
Control: severity -3 wishlist

On  Fr 03 Okt 2014 21:47:21 CEST, Horst Schirmeier wrote:

> Automatic workaround: x2gocleansessions should probably take care of the
> /tmp file removal.  LART will still need to be applied manually.

This is partly already implemented in X2Go Server 4.0.1.17. However, I  
missed providing some code that removes the /tmp/.X<disp>-lock file.  
For this I have clone a new bug with the title "clean up stable  
/tmp/.X<disp>-lock files". I won't be working on X2Go over the  
weekend, so from anyone else: patches are welcome.

> A "real" fix would move the usual, immediate cleanup step out of the
> user's control.  This could, for example, happen by a daemon running as
> root, that spawns a nxagent at a user's request, under the user's UID.
> Once the nxagent dies (from whatever cause), the daemon's SIGCHLD
> handler does the cleanup.  This would also remove the race condition (up
> to 2s delay before the sockets are cleaned up; connection of new users
> may be impossible in this time window) introduced by the aforementioned
> "automatic workaround".

This actually is something we plan for X2Go Server 5.0. There will be  
a session management daemon that the clients talk to and the session  
management daemon will take care of all the (internal) actions to  
provide what clients request. The session management daemon will be  
virtually in charge of everything X2Go-related and it will be  
event-based and all-knowing.

This feature request will be dealt with as a new bug, titled: "develop  
event-based X2Go Server session manager"

> Another, much simpler possibility would be to use randomized/uniqe
> socket names instead of the fixed /tmp/.X${DISPLAYNUM}-lock /
> /tmp/.X11-unix/X${DISPLAYNUM} scheme.  But I don't know enough about X11
> to judge whether this could work.

In theory this could be possible, but it would interfere a great deal  
with what other X11-related applications / libraries expect. So, this  
actually is a no-go IMHO.

Greets,
Mike


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