x2golistdesktops(8)

💅 x2golistdesktops(8) — X2Go Server Tool ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is genuinely a little bop. it's x2golistdesktops, a manual page from the X2Go Server Tool set, and it does exactly one job and does it flawlessly. no notes. 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

x2golistdesktops — List Available X Desktops 🖥️✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

x2golistdesktops [<server_hostname>]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one optional little argument and she's off. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: x2golistdesktops hands you back a list of all the active desktop sessions chillin' on the server <server_hostname>. that's the whole assignment. 📋

and if you're feeling lazy (no judgement, we've all been there) and you don't pass a server hostname at the command line? it just uses the fully qualified domain name of the local system instead. self-sufficient queen. 💖

now, the important bit — this thing runs with X2Go user privileges. and who's actually calling it? the X2Go clients do, because they need to render a list of available desktops that could be candidates for X2Go desktop sharing (aka shadow sessions 👀). so like, it's not just a list, it's a vibe check on who you could hop into.

and what actually ends up in that list? okay so, three whole categories:

• local desktop sessions — the ones launched via KDM, GDM, etc., run by the same user
• X2Go desktop sessions — also run by the same user
• desktop sessions of other users — local or remote — but ONLY the ones that are announced via the x2godesktopsharing utility. if they didn't announce, they're not invited to the party. 🚪

ngl that last bullet is the sneaky one — other users' sessions only show up if x2godesktopsharing is out here doing the announcing. no announcement, no appearance. periodt.

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⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

you get back a list of available X desktops, served up line-by-line. one per line, clean, organized, iconic. 📝

and as for the exitcode? x2golistdesktop always returns 0. always. she does not fail, she does not flinch, she simply delivers. 😌💯

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• x2godesktopsharing(1) — the utility that does the announcing we were just talking about 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual was written by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> for the X2Go project (https://www.x2go.org). absolute legend behavior, honestly. 🙏✨

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okay and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this was Version 4.1.0.6, dated Aug 2023, and it ate. no crumbs. if you ever forget what it does, just remember: list the desktops, exit 0, never miss. 💅🌈🦋