[Python-apps-team] Bug#734475: please provide an init script for xpra

[Dmitry Smirnov]

Dear Christian,

On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 01:00:11 Christian Lecherbauer wrote:
> I use xpra to forward windows from a virtual machine. The only purpose
> of this VM is to run some untrusted Desktop apps (e.g. eclipse). In
> this case it would be nice, if xpra would be started like a daemon on
> system boot.

At the moment I'm convinced that we don't need init script for Xpra.
If you want to initialise Xpra session automatically I'd suggest to
invoke Xpra from "/etc/rc.local" as workaround.

Marking as "wontfix" for now.


> Is it necessary that xpra runs as a regular user or could it run as a
> new "xpra" user?

This is up to you, for Xpra there is no difference.


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