From 0182fec061c82a265406bf65a1d5bc8c8893ec7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dustin Lang Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:26:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] GUACAMOLE-1499: Manual: mention that for VNC, file transfer is not supported, so sftp is required. --- src/configuring-guacamole.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/configuring-guacamole.md b/src/configuring-guacamole.md index 3d4ef9da..0b71caff 100644 --- a/src/configuring-guacamole.md +++ b/src/configuring-guacamole.md @@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ VNC support for Guacamole is provided by the libguac-client-vnc library, which will be installed as part of guacamole-server if the required dependencies are present during the build. +VNC by itself does not provide file transfer, so you must use sftp (as +described in [](common-sftp)) if you want to provide file upload or +download in Guacamole. + :::{note} In addition to the VNC-specific parameters below, Guacamole's VNC support also accepts the parameters of several features that Guacamole provides for multiple From 4069695105e0315c34228ee3e5614c7a3086ee03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dustin Lang Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:27:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] GUACAMOLE-1499: mention Ubuntu 18.04 tigervnc-standalone-server vs tigervncserver packages. --- src/configuring-guacamole.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/configuring-guacamole.md b/src/configuring-guacamole.md index 0b71caff..dfe0fd0c 100644 --- a/src/configuring-guacamole.md +++ b/src/configuring-guacamole.md @@ -754,6 +754,12 @@ only be accessed via VNC, one of these is likely your best choice. Both optimize window movement and (depending on the application) scrolling, giving a very responsive user experience. +On Ubuntu Linux version 18.04, the package +`tigervnc-standalone-server` does not support clipboard (copy/paste) +functionality. The `tigervncserver` packages provided by the TigerVNC +project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/) do +support clipboard operations. + ##### TightVNC TightVNC is widely-available and performs generally as well as RealVNC or