- Update to version 4.7.5.
* Core:
* ComputerControlInterface: poll computer states if new interval
property is set
* Logger: improve log message handling performance by caching
internal configuration key
* Plugins:
* Demo: fix thread affinity issue when receiving feature control
commands
* LDAP: relicense under LGPL 2
* WebAPI: fix deadlock when controlling features
* Linux:
* Add support for libproc2
* Add Fedora 37 packages
* Add openSUSE Leap 15.4 packages
* Drop Fedora 35 packages
* Drop openSUSE Leap 15.3 packages
* Improve UID/GID resolving
* Improve user impersonation to not fail if running with lower
privileges already
- update to 4.7.4:
* Fix location detection with nested locations (e.g. when using LDAP Pro)
* Fix automatic location switching with nested locations (e.g. when using
* Fix location filtering (only show current location) with nested
locations (e.g. when using LDAP Pro)
* Fix broken authentication for Qt6-based builds (e.g. openSUSE
Tumbleweed)
* RemoteAccess: fix broken display when selecting a secondary screen which
is placed left of the primary screen
* ScreenLock: fix lock window position and size in multi monitor setups –
the lock window now covers all screens
* Add workaround for binutils/GCC/Qt PIE+LTO issue to fix crashes when
starting Veyon Configurator and Veyon Server on Ubuntu 22.04
* UserFunctions: also set GID when running programs as user – fixes access
to the user's tmpdir and potential security issues
* Add Fedora 36 packages
* Add Ubuntu 22.04 packages
* Drop Debian Stretch packages
* Drop Fedora 34 packages
* 3rdparty: x11vnc: update to 0.9.16-67-g4e18eee (LibreSSL build fixes)
- Require /usr/bin/pkexec instead of pkexec: allow the package to
install with polkit with split pkexec of non-split.
- require pkexec which is now a standalone package
- Update to version 4.7.3
* Configuration: use remote view as default computer double click
feature
* Filesystem: expand %HOSTNAME% path variable
* Filesystem: add support for %DESKTOP%, %DOCUMENTS%, %DOWNLOADS%,
%PICTURES% and %VIDEOS% path variables
* VncClientProtocol: fix potential multiplication overflows
* Master
* Bundle implementations of required KItemModel classes to drop
dependency on 3rdparty sources
* AuthHelper: add account validity check
* Session: improve session path query mechanism to support systemd < 243
* Session: detect unspecified session type explicitly
* Service: do not start server for sessions with unspecified type
* UserFunctions: determine the user name preferably via
systemd-logind (use $USER as fallback only)
* UserFunctions: always use qualified usernames for authentication
and user info queries
* BuiltinX11VncServer: fix potential multiplication overflow in SHM
support checking code
- Use QT6 on Factory
- Update to version 4.7.2.
* Core:
* VncView: limit preferred size to available desktop geometry
(i.e. all monitors)
* Plugins
* AuthKeys: use file name only to determine key name
* AuthKeys: fixed loading key specified through the
VEYON_AUTH_KEY_NAME environment variable
* Demo: in window mode, resize the window according to the
available desktop geometry
* PowerControl: don't allow aborting the shutdown countdown by pressing Alt+F4
* RemoteAccess: allow screen switching by tab/backtab (in view-only mode)
* RemoteAccess: fixed window being created twice
* RemoteAccess: only update clipboard if a remote access window is opened
* ScreenLock: resize to available desktop geometry
* Master
* Computer zoom: allow screen switching by pressing tab or backtab
- Update to version 4.7.1.
* Core
* Improved CMake code to better support sanitizers.
* Added CMake option to disable the generation/update of
translations.
* The size of messages is now limited to 64 MB to prevent
potential out-of-memory situations.
* Added initial libfuzzer test set.
* Added data integrity checking code to the VariantStream class
to prevent out-of-memory situations and potential buffer
overflows when reading data from the network.
* Added support for displaying an overlay icon on the system
tray icon.
* Configurator:
* AccessControl: Abort group test when canceling username
input dialog.
* Master: Browsing of the user configuration directory has
been fixed.
* Plugins
* LDAP: Fixed build of 3rdparty component kldap with Qt 6
* LDAP: Made the query timeout configurable
(in advanced view only)
* RemoteAccess: open remote access window for all selected
computers – only ask for hostname/IP if no computer is
selected
* RemoteAccess: The clipboard content is now synchronized
whenever it changes locally or remotely.
* WebAPI: Use updated 3rdparty components
(qthttpserver, http-parser)
* Master
* The press and hold feature now properly works on Windows
(thanks to @SlrG).
* Linux
* Fixed non-installable DEB packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and
Debian Stretch caused by compatibility problems with older
versions of CMake/CPack.
- Added hardening to systemd service(s) (bsc#1181400). Added patch(es):
* harden_veyon.service.patch
- Update to version 4.7.0.
* Core
* Fixed binary compatibility issues between different versions
of LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient.
* Messages in log files (especially debug messages) are now
much more human readable.
* Plugins
* Demo: Screens in the Demo menu are now displayed with their
actual hardware name and connector type/index.
* LDAP: Fixed querying members of a group when the nested
groups option is enabled.
* TextMessage: Students can now select and copy the text
message or parts of it.
* TextMessage: Rich text
(i.e. formatted text including hyperlinks) can now be
entered and sent to students.
* RemoteAccess: For remote computers with multiple screens, a
button with a screen selection menu has been added.
* RemoteAccess: The login name of the remote user is shown in
the window title, if the full name is not available.
* WebAPI: The header field lookup (e.g. for the connection UID)
is now case insensitive.
* Linux
* The parameter order for the ping utility has been improved.
* Issues regarding the session identification have been fixed,
solving various issues when running veyon-server manually
e.g. via autostart entries.
* Master
* A regression in Veyon 4.6.0 has been fixed to make the
computer and user search case insensitive again.
* Control messages between computers are now sent asynchronously
which improves performance and responsiveness while reducing
the CPU load.
* When closing the program, it now stops all features on the
student computers and waits until all corresponding control
messages have been sent.
* A new filter button has been added to show computers with
logged on users only.
* The dialog for confirming actions such as powering off
computers only emphasizes ALL computers if all computers are
selected.
* If available, the full name of the user is now preferred in
the tooltip.
* Server
* Server-side framebuffer update rate control has been added
which improves performance and responsive.
- Update to version 4.6.0.
* Core
* Protocol errors during the initial authentication phase are
handled more reliably. This fixes problems when connecting to
incompatible servers accidentally.
* CLI
* The plugin and feature modules have been added.
* The config and shell plugins have been integrated as static
modules.
* Plugins
* Demo: The visual feedback when (re-)connecting has been
redesigned.
* DesktopServices: The Run program feature has been renamed to
Start application.
* RemoteAccess: The visual feedback when (re-)connecting has
been redesigned.
* RemoteAccess: The computer connection of the main window is
reused if available resulting in immediate access to the remote
computer.
* RemoteAccess: The remote cursor is no longer used in view
only mode to prevent occasionally observed render artifacts.
* UserSessionControl: Non-user sessions (such as display
manager/login screen sessions) are no longer terminated by the
user logoff feature.
* WebAPI: An error code has been added to report protocol
errors occuring while connecting to the Veyon Server.
* WebAPI: The connection limit is enforced at the HTTP server
level already to properly report the connection limit reached
error instead of timing out.
* WebAPI: Skip ping for hosts which no connection could be
established to. This allows using a higher connection limit
on Linux when the number of open file descriptors is limited.
* Master
* In addition to the hostname, the computer display name is
shown in the tooltip of a computer.
* A computer's screen is shown in fullscreen and realtime while
pressing and holding the left mouse button on a computer.
* For Linux clients, [no user] is displayed as the user name
instead of the name of the display manager user.
* Server
* Hostnames of connected computers
(shown in the tooltip of the tray icon) are now reverse
resolved in background to keep connections responsive.
* Linux
* SHM support is being detected more reliably.
* Logging off users is now initiated properly through the
environment-specific session manager while systemd-logind
is used as fallback only. This fixes the display manager
(especially GDM3) not being shown again after logoff.
* Reboot and power down via systemd-logind has been improved
while the environment-specific session manager is used as
fallback only. The reboot and poweroff binaries are not usedany longer.
- Update to version 4.5.7.
* Core: allow minus characters in authentication key name
* Linux: x11vnc: auto-detect SHM support – fixes server crashing
on start in case of lacking SHM support (no need to manually
configure -noshm as extra parameter any longer)
* Linux: fix Veyon session ID detection in case desktop session
path and ID do not match – fixes occasionally broken multi
session support
* WebAPI: improve TLS-related error messages
- Update to version 4.5.6.
* AuthKeys: make import fail when passing a filename as first
argument
* Core: set up application parameters earlier to silence warning
* Core: fix loading Qt translations on Linux so file dialogs,
message boxes etc. are now localized properly
* Core: configure layout direction based on default locale
* Core: use uniform button layout for DesktopAccessDialog across
all platforms and desktop environments
* Demo: only start client inside user sessions
* LDAP: add support for nested user groups (AD only)
* Linux: fix login key sequence selection
* Linux: use libvnccserver provided by distribution if recent
enough
* Master: fix crash when activating computers with invalid/empty
hostname
* Master: indicate invalid/empty host address in tooltip
* PowerControl, UserSessionControl: improve confirmation dialog
when performing operations such as shutdown or reboot on all
computers
* ScreenLock: only lock screen inside user sessions
- Update to version 4.5.5.
* Core: set OpenGL context sharing flag for proper functionality
of the Qt WebEngine WebTabs backend
* Demo: fix freezing/stopping screen broadcasting when Veyon
Master is configured to enforce selected mode for client
computers
* Demo: fix context menu for computers to properly show
"Stop demo" for any active screen sharing mode
* Service: Windows: fix memory leak
* Linux: make minimum session lifetime before server start
configurable
* Linux: only consider graphically logged in users for access
control rule condition "No user logged in"
- Trim metadata redundancies from descriptions. Fixup grammar.
- Update to version 4.5.4.
* Core: fix potential crash due to race condition on shutdown
* Demo: refactor server shutdown for better reliability
* Demo: refactor demo server control for better reliability
(demo server is now restarted automatically when crashed)
* Linux: ignore missing DPMS for xrdp sessions
* Linux: make key sequence for user login via display manager
fully configurable
* Linux: use session path as session ID to avoid missing updates
on closed sessions
* Linux: x11vnc: disable SHM for xrdp sessions
* Master: improve save/restore of checked locations/computers to
better handle dynamic changes when using the NetworkDiscovery
add-on
* Service: always close sessions internally properly so session
IDs are reused correctly
* Service: Linux: prevent service from killing itself in some
cases
* Service: Linux: send SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGKILL recursively to
terminate server instances and child processes more reliably
* Service: Linux: decrease grace period for server processes
* Service: Linux: actively stop server for closing sessions
* Various PCH-related build system improvements
* Update translations
- Update to version 4.5.3.
* BuiltinX11VncServer: add missing return value
* Core: fix hostname conversion if FQDN resolving fails
* Core: improve hostname resolution reliability
* Core: update active features after every feature status change
* Core: improve parsing port number for IPv6
* Configurator: add scrollbars to configuration pages if they
don't fit on the screen
* Demo: fix memory leak on connection error
* Demo: fix VNC server port detection to properly work with
external VNC servers
* Demo: fix broadcasting of individual screens if placed out of
order
* Demo: fix stopping demo mode via context menu
* Master: fix automatic reload of screenshot list on filesystem
changes
* Master: fix minor issues in Linux manpage
* Linux: drop kdesudo/gksudo support
* WebAPI: qthttpserver: switch to master branch
* WebAPI: refactor to multithreaded implementation supporting
asynchronous requests
* WebAPI: increase default connection limit to 32
* WebAPI: add status fields to feature list
* Internal build system improvements for shorter build times
* Update translations
- Disable PCH build, cause build to fail.
- Update to version 4.5.2.
* Core: add support for building with ninja
* LDAP: update 3rdparty component kldap
* LDAP: add warning on invalid location groups
* Linux: update 3rdparty component x11vnc to fix CVE-2020-29074
* Linux: debug server crashes using catchsegv
* Linux: forward server log messages to system journal
* RemoteAccess: add option to show window on the same screen as
the master window
* RemoteAccess: use non-deprecated API call to fix build with
Qt >= 5.15.2
* WebAPI: add Python client implementation + tests
- Update to version 4.5.1.
* Core: fix key name conversion for arguments when invoking
features
* Master: properly reload screenshot list also when using
screenshot directories on network shares
* Master: add support for deleting multiple screenshots
* Master: fix bug with initial computer icon layout
* Master: update icon sizes and their aspect ratios dynamically
whenever a computer is added, connected or removed
* Master: improve icon size auto adjust functionality when
adding/removing multiple computers
* Master: add dedicated icon for computers not running the Veyon
Server
* Master: only show connected computers in slideshow panel
* Master: fix issue with icons overlapping user name and/or
computer name
* Screenshot: fix non-working feature invocation
* Server: notify first successful access control pass only
- Remove group tag.
- Update to version 4.5.0.
* Core: improve invocation of worker processes for better
reliability
* Core: improve message exchange with worker processes
(fixes demo mode not starting properly in some cases)
* Core: implement session ID management to reuse a session ID
after a session has been closed - RDP session IDs (which are
increased continuously) are no longer used for calculating
server port numbers
* Core: rename configuration key Service/PrimaryServicePort to
Service/VeyonServerPort
* Core: refactor feature plugin API
* Configurator: Service: improve session mode configuration UI
* Configurator: Service: improve network configuration UI
* Configurator: Master: add option to hide own session
* Configurator: Master: add computer icon spacing setting
* Configurator: Master: add computer icon aspect ratio setting
* Demo: refactor server to be multithreaded which greatly
improves performance and responsiveness especially with many
clients
* Demo: add feature to share a user's screen instead of the own
one
* Demo: reset access token after stopping server
* Demo: refactor modes (window/fullscreen) as subfeatures
displayed in a drop down menu
* Demo: add feature to share only one of multiple (own) screens
* FileTransfer: add configuration page allowing to configure
source and destination folders
* Linux: ignore SIGPIPE and continue running normally if a socket
is closed unexpectedly
* Linux: fix missing dependencies in Ubuntu 20.04 package
* Linux: fix and prefer reboot/poweroff via systemd-logind
* Linux: fix reboot/poweroff if e.g. /sbin or /usr/sbin is not
in PATH
* Linux: don't show output of internal systemctl calls
* Linux: add Debian-gdm as display manager user to properly
detect that no user is being logged in
* Linux: Service: retry server start for sessions in opening
state
* Linux: Service: manually set environment variable
XDG_SESSION_ID if pam-systemd is not used
* Linux: Service: start server instances for active/online
sessions only - fixes various issues regarding server start on
user login
* Master: add Slideshow panel
* Master: add Spotlight panel
* Master: always adjust the size of computer icons automatically
when enabled
* Master: save and restore states and sizes of panels
* Master: automatically adjust aspect ratio of computer icons to
the original screen sizes
* Master: update already visible tooltips for computer icons
* Master: make computer icon spacing configurable and decrease
its default value
* RemoteAccess: show username in window title
* RemoteAccess: hide toolbar on focus loss
* ScreenLock: fix lock widget not being shown and thus screen not
being locked on some Linux desktops
* Server: also notify about authentication failure on incomplete
authentication attempts
* Server: add support for external VNC servers without any
authentication/password configured
* Server: improve error handling for VNC server plugins
* WebAPI: add new plugin offering a RESTful API for accessing
Veyon Server instances
- Update to version 4.4.2.
* Core: extend NetworkObject API for future use by add-ons
* Core: prepare support for future WebAPI plugin
* Update translations
- Update to version 4.4.1.
* Core: improve multi session support
* Core: improve worker execution and fix tray icon not being
shown on startup
* Demo: broadcast actual teacher session instead of console
session when running Master within RDP session
* LDAP: fix computer query on host name lookup error
* Linux: don't use functions marked deprecated in Qt 5.15
* Linux: provide package for openSUSE 15.2
* NetworkObjects: update existing objects instead of adding
duplicate objects when importing CSV / text file
* NetworkObjects: output proper line endings when exporting to
CSV / text file on Windows
* Server: fix crash on connection accept error
* Update translations
- Update to version 4.4.0.
* Core: use updated VNC and network stack (libvncserver 0.9.13.)
* Core: make VNC connection parameters configurable internally
* Core: improve VNC connection reliability
* Core: add safe mechanism for opening files preventing symlink
attacks
* Core: drop log messages exceeding size limit
* DesktopServices: improve URL handler invocation (fixes opening
URLs with characters such as "=")
* RemoteAccess: honor feature configuration (hide view only
button when corresponding feature is disabled)
* Fix possible symlink attacks on log files
* Update translations
- make all executables correctly position-independent.
- Fix veyon not starting: error while loading shared libraries.
- Update to version 4.3.5.
* Fix: LDAP: make SSL/LDAPS connections work properls (previously
broken due to improper certificate verifications)
* Fix: LDAP: enable additional low-level debug messages at the
command line via environment variable VEYON_DEBUG_LDAP_LIBRARY
* Update 3rdparty component libvncserver to latest 0.9.13
snapshot (including new unified connection timeout handling
support)
* Master: limit update interval to 10 seconds to prevent server
timeouts
* Fix build with Qt >= 5.14
* Minor code modernizations
* Update translations
- Clean up building.
- initial version 4.0.3