On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:42 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:27, Craig White wrote: > > > > and by the way...2 things really bother me but since I can't make it > > > > work as it is, I'm not changing them... > > > > > > > > 1 - there is no /etc/nxserver/node.conf #only node.conf.sample > > > > > > That's normal. > > > > > > > 2 - the pub key I listed above apparently is the one distributed with > > > > the binary and that would seem to be a security issue > > > > > > It is only used for the initial connection so the real login > > > and password are sent over an encrypted channel. You can't > > > do anything else with the nx user login - and you could > > > generate new keys if you wanted. But, you should be seeing > > > sshd[18876]: Accepted publickey for nx ... entries in > > > /var/log/secure if the key is working. > > ---- > > clearly I am not getting anything in /var/log/secure (on the server) > > that says anything about nx user except when the nx user was created the > > first time I installed freenx/nx > > I think you have a problem with the client or key. If I alter > the key I don't see any log entry for the failure. ---- I might be inclined to agree with you but # diff /etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.key /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh/client.id_dsa.key [root at srv1 nxserver]# so either key that I copy from the server, the result is the same. I have spent the entire day on this - and gotten nowhere. I started at my clients system and was so frustrated, I decided to get a fresh start on my server and my workstation and got to the same place nowhere fast. I find it hard to believe that anyone actually has made it work. Craig