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--- services:remote-access:x2go [2013/07/22 16:16] – [Connect to Linux hosts through x2go from a Linux computer (graphical login)] glaubitz
+++ services:remote-access:x2go [2013/08/07 09:09] (current) – glaubitz
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-The connection will now be established.
+The connection will now be established and you should be presented with your familiar Linux desktop.
+====== Connect to Linux hosts through x2go from a MacOS X computer (graphical login) ======
+Open your web browser and navigate to the x2go client download website here:
+[[http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:installation:x2goclient|x2go client download website]]
+Click on "Download X2go for MacOS X". Click on "releases", then the latest available release (4.0.1.0 at the time this document was written) and download the file **x2goclient-4.0.1.0.dmg**.
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step1.png|}}
+In Safari, find the file you just downloaded in the list of downloaded files and double-click it:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step2.png|}}
+This will open a folder containing the **x2goclient** application. Drag and drop the icon into your **Applications** folder:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step3.png|}}
+Find the **x2goclient** application icon in your **Applications** folder and double-click it:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step4.png|}}
+MacOS X will pop up the following dialog to ask you whether you trust the application you just downloaded from the x2go website, click **Open**:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step5.png|}}
+The main window of the X2go client will open and show a dialog to configure a new session upon first start:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step6.png|}}
+Use "Session name" to name this session for later reference, type the name of the computer you want to connect to into the field "Host" (login.physik.fu-berlin.de in this case), your username in the field "Login" and use the drop-down box below "Session type" to choose the graphical user interface you would like to use for login (the same way you would do when logging in to a Linux computer locally), then click "OK":
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step7.png|}}
+After clicking "OK", the main window should look like the following screenshot. Click the white area in the upper right which is indicated with an ellipse here:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step8.png|}}
+This will initiate the connection and ask you for your login credentials:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step9.png|}}
+You will be asked whether you trust the remote host, click "Yes". This dialog will be shown upon the first connection only:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step10.png|}}
+The connection will now be established and you should be presented with your familiar Linux desktop:
+{{:services:remote-access:macos_step11.png|}}
 ====== Connect to Linux hosts through x2go from a Linux computer (graphical login) ======
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+On Debian, type "su -" and your root password to become //root//. On Ubuntu, use the command //sudo bash// to achieve the same.
+Then type **apt-get install x2goclient** to install the X2go client software onto your computer:
 {{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_install2.png|}}
+Once successfully installed, close the terminal window and navigate through your //Applications// menu again. Go to //Internet// and choose //X2Go client//:
 {{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run1.png|}}
+The main window of the X2go client will open and show a dialog to configure a new session upon first start:
 {{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run2.png|}}
+Use "Session name" to name this session for later reference, type the name of the computer you want to connect to into the field "Host" (login.physik.fu-berlin.de in this case), your username in the field "Login" and use the drop-down box below "Session type" to choose the graphical user interface you would like to use for login (the same way you would do when logging in to a Linux computer locally), then click "OK":
+{{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run3.png|}}
+After clicking "OK", the main window should look like the following screenshot. Click the white area in the upper right which is indicated with an ellipse here:
+{{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run4.png|}}
+This will initiate the connection and ask you for your login credentials:
+{{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run5.png|}}
+You will be asked whether you trust the remote host, click "Yes". This dialog will be shown upon the first connection only:
+{{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run6.png|}}
+The connection will now be established and you should be presented with your familiar Linux desktop:
+{{:services:remote-access:linux_x2go_run7.png|}}