Greetings, Just followw Akemi. :) Regarw, Rajagopal On 4/30/11, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/29/2011 10:57 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > >>> First, why would you disable key authentication? Or is it just failing >>> because you don't have the right key? >> When I read the wiki (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX), it states >> >> Note: If you have disallowed ssh password authentication (which is >> advised but not mandatory), you need to follow the instructions here. >> Otherwise you can skip this section. >> >> I checked the ssh configuration file and ssh password authentication is >> enabled. My Centos 5.5 is an Out of the Box installation, so this >> setting was not done by me - at least not directly. So my thinking >> was/is that I could just skip the rest of that part of the setup. >> >> Confused.... > > Enabling password authentication (the default) does not disable key > authentication (also enabled by default). The client offers the key if > it has one. If it doesn't, or if the the key fails, a later step > prompts for a password. > > A quick check for basic key authentication would be to cd to > /etc/nxserver and: > ssh -i client.id_dsa.key nx at localhost > You'll get the usual host key warning the first time but after > responding 'yes' you should get a 'HELLO NXSERVER' prompt. Type 'exit' > to disconnect. If that works, the NX client should too once the key is > installed correctly. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Regards, Rajagopal