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Horizon Client Linux, Domain User, and USB Redirect issue

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We have a problem with USB redirection on the Linux client, the issue is present when a Linux guest OS (UBUNTU 20.04 in my case) is joined at the domain and we try to use a domain user to access the Linux to start a Horizon session with the Horizon client

The issue is “ USB initializing…” remain for all time and no USB device is redirected

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In the log file /tmp/vmware-<user>/vmware-view-usbd-<pid session>.log we found

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With a Linux local user, the problem is not present.

Workaround

Add to /etc/passwd the domain user, for recover GID e UID use the command id <username>

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After this, we need to restart the USB Arbitrator

After applying the workaround the problem is resolved

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And I don’t have any error in the log file

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Horizon Client Linux, Domain User, and USB Redirect issue