On 4/29/2011 9:41 AM, Todd Cary wrote:
>
> I have FreeNX on my server now and NX Client from Nomachine on my
> XP desktop. However my ssh is configured for PW access; not Key
> access. My ssh clients work - that is I have access to the
> server. However I cannot gain access via the Nomachine client.
First, why would you disable key authentication? Or is it just failing
because you don't have the right key? Unlike the commercial NoMachine
server, freenx generates a unique keypair so after the server install
you have to get the contents of /etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.key into the
NX client key config. You can either transfer the file and use the
import button or get the text on the screen so you can paste it into the
window and save it.
> My plan was to get FreeNX working with the password security
> first, and after that change the Nomachine client and the other
> ssh clients to Key access. But I am stuck at the moment - not
> sure how to trouble shoot my inability to get access.
NX is designed to connect as the restricted nx user with passwordless
key authentication, then use that encrypted channel to pass the real
user credentials. It might be possible to change that but it won't be
easy. If you have a real reason for disabling key authentication on the
server in question, perhaps you could use some other computer on the LAN
to host your desktop session, then use ssh x-forwarding to run what you
need on the more restricted servers in windows on that desktop.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com