x2go versus vnc

x2go-vs-vnc.sh

#!/bin/sh
# run ami-e945739d
# eu-west-1 ami-e945739d canonical ubuntu-natty-daily-i386-desktop-20110508
% sudo apt-add-repository ppa:x2go/ppa
% sudo apt-get update
% sudo apt-get install x2goserver tightvncserver unity-2d
% pass="foo.bar-123"
% mkdir skel/.vnc
% xsess=gnome-2d
% xsess=unity-2d # in /usr/share/xsessions/
% geometry="800x600"
% cat > skel/.vnc/xstartup <<EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec awstrial-xsession unity-2d
EOF
% cat > skel/vncserver-start <<EOF
vncserver -geometry ${geometry} ${1:-:0}
EOF
% cat > skel/README <<EOF
client needs:
 * python-x2go
EOF
% cat > skel/start-x2go-client
#!/usr/bin/python
import x2go, sys

(username, server, port, session, password, geometry ) = ( sys.argv[1:7] )
add_to_known_hosts=True
cmd="awstrial-session %s" % session

cli = x2go.X2goClient()
uuid = cli.register_session(
    server=server, port=int(port),
    username=username, add_to_known_hosts=add_to_known_hosts,
    cmd="TRIAL", geometry=geometry,
)
x2go.defaults.X2GO_DESKTOPSESSIONS['TRIAL']=cmd

#cli.connect_session(uuid, password=password)
cli.connect_session(uuid, force_password_auth=False)
cli.clean_sessions(uuid)
cli.start_session(uuid)

while cli.session_ok(uuid):
    time.sleep(0.5)

cli.suspend_session(uuid)

EOF
% cat > skel/start-vncserver-client
EOF

% chmod 755 skel/vncserver-start
% rsync -a ~/.ssh/ skel/.ssh
% echo "${pass}" | vncpasswd -f > "vncd/passwd"
% chmod 755 vncd/xstartup
% for u in vnc x2go; do \
     sudo adduser --gecos "$u user" --disabled-password $u-user; \
     printf "$u-user:$pass\n" | sudo chpasswd ; \
     sudo rsync -a skel/ /home/$d/ && chown -R $u:$u /home/$u/ ; \
  done
% asurl="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~awstrial-dev/awstrial-tools/trunk/download/head:/awstrialxsession-20110413171002-5k6u6vrtcprn2x3w-1/awstrial-xsession"
% wget "$asurl" -O awstrial-xsession 
% sudo cp awstrial-xsession /usr/bin
% sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/awstrial-xsession