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I just started using x2go to establish a remote desktop connection between two Debian 10 machines and discovered the neat file-sharing functionality of the x2goclient (Session Preferences > Shared Folders). I shared a local, client-side folder and noticed that it gets mounted on the remote server with the full client-side directory path automatically included in the folder/file system name - in this case _home_username_Desktop_foldername (sshfs-disk) according to its local path /home/username/Desktop/foldername.

Is it possible to customize the server-side folder name, e.g. in order to avoid disclosing the user name on the client machine or the folder's path, and is it possible to allow client-side read and/or write permissions while effectively blocking deletion of files? Are there any obvious security issues (or good practices) when using x2go or sharing folders with the x2goclient?

The shared folder is supposed to substitute the non-functional bidirectional copy & paste as a direct and convenient way to exchange files, without having to upload files to some 3rd party webspace (cumbersome) or even sending files by e-mail (even more cumbersome, file size limitations).

david
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