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[GitHub] [guacamole-manual] necouchman opened a new pull request #149: GUACAMOLE-221: Document connection parameter prompting.
necouchman opened a new pull request #149:
URL: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-manual/pull/149
Seems like there isn't all that much to update for parameter prompting, so hopefully this takes care of it. Let me know if anything else needs to be added/adjusted.
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[GitHub] [guacamole-manual] necouchman commented on pull request #149: GUACAMOLE-221: Document connection parameter prompting.
Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
necouchman commented on pull request #149:
URL: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-manual/pull/149#issuecomment-721829985
Okay, I've updated a couple of the other sections that talk about NLA to include some words on prompting.
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[GitHub] [guacamole-manual] mike-jumper commented on a change in pull request #149: GUACAMOLE-221: Document connection parameter prompting.
Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
mike-jumper commented on a change in pull request #149:
URL: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-manual/pull/149#discussion_r516881410
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File path: src/chapters/configuring.xml
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@@ -6195,6 +6195,33 @@ guaclog: INFO: All files interpreted successfully.</computeroutput>
</section>
</section>
</section>
+ <section xml:id="parameter-prompting">
+ <title>Parameter prompting</title>
+ <para><indexterm>
+ <primary>parameters</primary>
+ <secondary>prompt</secondary>
+ </indexterm>In certain situations Guacamole may determine that additional
+ information is required in order to successfully open or continue a
+ connection. In these scenarios guacd will send an instruction back to
+ the client to retrieve that information, which will result in the user
+ being prompted for those additional parameters.</para>
+ <para>Currently the only parameters that will trigger this prompt to the
+ user are authentication requests for the RDP and VNC protocols where
+ authenticators were not provided as part of the connection configuration.
+ </para>
+ <important>
+ <para>It is important to note that requests for parameters will only be
+ generated in the case where that information has not already been
+ provided as part of the connection. The user will never be asked for
+ parameters that replace or override connection parameters where
+ values have been configured as part of the connection, including
+ authentication information. For example, if a connection to a
+ RDP server specifies a username and password, and that username
Review comment:
I think this should be clarified to refer to a "connection configuration" or "the configuration of a connection" or similar, rather than just "connection".
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File path: src/chapters/configuring.xml
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@@ -6195,6 +6195,33 @@ guaclog: INFO: All files interpreted successfully.</computeroutput>
</section>
</section>
</section>
+ <section xml:id="parameter-prompting">
+ <title>Parameter prompting</title>
+ <para><indexterm>
+ <primary>parameters</primary>
+ <secondary>prompt</secondary>
+ </indexterm>In certain situations Guacamole may determine that additional
+ information is required in order to successfully open or continue a
+ connection. In these scenarios guacd will send an instruction back to
+ the client to retrieve that information, which will result in the user
+ being prompted for those additional parameters.</para>
+ <para>Currently the only parameters that will trigger this prompt to the
+ user are authentication requests for the RDP and VNC protocols where
+ authenticators were not provided as part of the connection configuration.
+ </para>
+ <important>
+ <para>It is important to note that requests for parameters will only be
+ generated in the case where that information has not already been
+ provided as part of the connection. The user will never be asked for
+ parameters that replace or override connection parameters where
+ values have been configured as part of the connection, including
+ authentication information. For example, if a connection to a
+ RDP server specifies a username and password, and that username
+ or password is incorrect and results in an authentication failure,
+ the connection will fail and the user will not be prompted for
+ alternative credentials.</para>
Review comment:
> ... the user will not be prompted for alternative credentials.
Some RDP servers will still take it upon themselves to display a login screen and prompt for correct credentials (if NLA is not in use). It's good to assure the admin that Guacamole will not prompt the user for these things, but I think we should be more specific with that assurance.
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[GitHub] [guacamole-manual] necouchman commented on pull request #149: GUACAMOLE-221: Document connection parameter prompting.
Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
necouchman commented on pull request #149:
URL: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-manual/pull/149#issuecomment-721419551
> Thoughts on other parts of the docs referencing NLA? I think the following is no longer correct
Sure, I'll take a look through and make sure those get cleaned up.
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[GitHub] [guacamole-manual] mike-jumper merged pull request #149: GUACAMOLE-221: Document connection parameter prompting.
Posted by GitBox <gi...@apache.org>.
mike-jumper merged pull request #149:
URL: https://github.com/apache/guacamole-manual/pull/149
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