---
name: "x2gobroker-testauth"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "x2gobroker"
version: "0.0.4.3-4"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/x2gobroker-testauth"
---

# x2gobroker-testauth(1)

Session Broker for X2Go (Authentication Test Utility)

## NAME

x2gobroker-testauth - Session Broker for X2Go (Authentication Test Utility)

## SYNOPSIS

**x2gobroker-testauth**  \[ *options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**x2gobroker-testauth** is an authentication test utility for X2Go Session Broker.

WARNING: please know that the credentials you use for testing the broker authentication will get revealed in your shell's history file (e.g. *~/.bash\_history*).

## COMMON OPTIONS

**x2gobroker-testauth** displays some help on command line options:

- FC**-h, --help**F\[0\]

  Display a help with all available command line options and exit.

## REQUIRED OPTIONS

At least the username is required. The password option can be omitted, you will be queried interactively, if no password is specified on the command line.

- FC**-u, --user, --username**F\[0\]

  Username part of the credentials you want to test.

- FC**-p, --password**F\[0\]

  Password part of the credentials (be sure you want to reveal those on the command line before doing it!!!)

## MISC OPTIONS

**x2gobroker-testauth** also accepts the following miscellaneous options:

- FC**-d, --debug**F\[0\]

  Enable debugging code.

- FC**-C, --config FILENAME**F\[0\]

  Specify an alternative configuration file name, default is: */etc/x2go/x2gobroker.conf*.

- FC**-b, --backend BACKEND**F\[0\]

  Specify another configured/enabled backend configuration to test authentication against, default is: the *inifile* backend.

## FILES

/etc/x2go/x2gobroker.conf, /etc/x2go/broker/\* (configuration files)

/etc/default/x2gobroker-daemon (environment for X2Go Session Broker when run as standalone daemon)

/var/log/x2gobroker/\* (log files of X2Go Session Broker)

## SEE ALSO

**/usr/share/doc/x2gobroker**

## AUTHOR

This manual has been written for the X2Go project by Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\>.