[FreeNX-kNX] single user non-root freenx

[Fabian Franz]

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Am Dienstag, 8. März 2005 21:40 schrieb Robert Brewer:
> I'm trying to get freenx going to allow remote access to my work Linux
> box (from my home Linux box).  Although I have ssh access to the work
> box, I do not have root access on it, so I cannot create the nx user,
> nor can I run the services as root.  Getting my IT dept to set this up
> for me is not a short term option.

Sure. 

I added a question and answer in the FAQ for you:

I don't have root rights on my server. Can I still use FreeNX?
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I'm afraid at the present moment you can't, but there are some alternatives. 

        nxtunnel - With netpipes/netcat nxtunnel works exactly like "ssh -X", 
though it is using the superior NX protocol compression. You have to install 
the netpipes package on both client and server though. 

        nxshell - NX Shell is basically a rewrite of NX tunnel by Marcus 
Schäfer. It still uses the old way of port forwarding, but does not need 
netpipes. 

See the clients section for URLs. 

Explanation why FreeNX "needs" the nx user: 

        FreeNX aims to be a full free server implementation, which is at least 
as good as the one from NoMachine. While we get lots of goodies through the 
nice architecture, we also get the "limitations". Most of these limitations 
can't be easily overcome, because almost all users are still using the 
commercial NX client. So even if we had an option in FreeNX to not use the 
nx-user, it won't help as long as there is no GPL NX Client for all supported 
platforms."

Source: http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ

cu

Fabian
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