[GUACAMOLE-221] Parameter prompting within client interface

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: guacamole
• External issue URL: https://glyptodon.org/jira/browse/GUAC-335
• Assignee: Mike Jumper
• Reporter: Mike Jumper
• Created: 26/Feb/17 04:49
• Updated: 04/Aug/21 19:15
• Resolved: 26/Nov/20 01:47

Description

The description of this issue was copied from GUAC-335, an issue in the JIRA instance used by the Guacamole project prior to its acceptance into the Apache Incubator.

Comments, attachments, related issues, and history from prior to acceptance have not been copied and can be found instead at the original issue.

Some parameters, such as the username/password for VNC or RDP, are better entered manually within the client when connecting rather than stored on the server in MySQL or user-mapping.xml.

Storing secure data within parameters on the server side has security implications that don't fit well with all use cases.

Further, some connections would benefit if their settings can be modified locally before connecting. A user could change the color depth or screen size of their RDP session, for example, for the sake of a slower connection.

Issue Links

• fixes: GUACAMOLE-247 Guacamole shows generic connection error when a user connects to a VNC server without providing the password
• is depended upon by: GUACAMOLE-537 Implement a "connection event tracker" note or comment
• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-137 Feature Request - Quick Connect
• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-151 Support Prompting for Authenticators
• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-160 Be able to disallow SFTP transfers for users allowed to create connections
• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-858 Need pop up for userid and password for NLA RDP Sessions
• is duplicated by: GUACAMOLE-923 NLA without predefined user credentials
• is related to: GUACAMOLE-476 Incorrect error message shown for RDP NLA failures