On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Joachim Lindenberg <joac...@lindenberg.one > wrote:
> Hello, > > I came across guacamole only last weekend and today decided to install and > test. I have to say I am blown away, great stuff! > Thanks! However as with anything new, I also do have some issues and questions – I > do hope I was not too ignorant when looking for the answers in the > documentation.. > > - When exactly is user-mapping.xml read and are changes picked > up? On every connection attempt, on authenticating a use, or when? > The user-mapping.xml file is re-read when a user authenticates if it has been modified since the last time it was read. - Can one authenticate against LDAP (actually active directory) > but still use connections defined in user-mapping.xml? > The user-mapping.xml cannot be used in this way, but the database authentication can: http://guacamole.apache.org/doc/gug/ldap-auth.html#ldap-and-database You should look to migrating away from user-mapping.xml when you can regardless, as it's mainly aimed at providing a quick way to confirm things are installed correctly. The database authentication is much more full-featured. - The screen resolution for one of the sysems appeared to be > slightly off. I am using Chrome browser to guacamole, which connects to a > real windows host (with physical display 4K set to 200% most of the time). > Is there a means to fine tune this, maybe with the dpi setting? What values > to try? Connections to a Hyper-V host appeared to be fine > Can you describe specifically how the resolution is off? - I was not able to copy from or paste text into a “terminal” > window. Is this a configuration issue or a missing feature? > Neither - it is a browser limitation: http://guacamole.apache.org/faq/#clipboard Guacamole already tries to synchronize the local clipboard, but whether this succeeds depends on whether the browser allows such access. If the browser does not allow JavaScript to access the local clipboard, you will either have to use an extension to override that behavior [1] or use the clipboard editor provided within the Guacamole menu [2]. - Mike [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clipboard-permission-mana/ipbhneeanpgkaleihlknhjiaamobkceh [2] http://guacamole.apache.org/doc/gug/using-guacamole.html#using-the-clipboard
