I don't know what's changed since Friday, but it's working this morning. I didn't change any configs, or reboot the server. Weird.<br><br>Thanks for your suggestions.<br><br>Will Keaney<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Verner Kjærsgaard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk@os-academy.dk">vk@os-academy.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<a href="mailto:chris@ccburton.com">chris@ccburton.com</a> skrev:<br>
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><br>
> William Keaney <<a href="mailto:keaneyw@gmail.com">keaneyw@gmail.com</a>> wrote on 28/08/2009 18:42:46:<br>
><br>
>> Hello,<br>
>><br>
>> I have a CentOS 5.3 server on which I have installed FreeNX 0.7.3.<br>
>> This machine has been bound to our Active Directory, and users are<br>
>> able to successfully authenticate against AD when logging into it.<br>
>> However, when I connect to the FreeNX service, it logs me in as the<br>
>> 'nx' user. I would like FreeNX to authenticate user names against<br>
>> AD as well, and to log them into the appropriate accounts after<br>
>> connecting. I have found a few guides and howtos that seem mostly<br>
>> outdated, and none actually cover the aspect of getting FreeNX<br>
>> itself to use AD for authentication.<br>
>> Does anyone know if/how I can make this happen?<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you for your help, and for a really great tool.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Most of us try to avoid active directory, including me !!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Do you have sshd_config set up to authenticate using pam (UsePAM yes)????<br>
><br>
><br>
> It sounds like AD is all set up in /etc/pam.d/system-auth and<br>
> /etc/nsswitch.conf and working.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The nx user is used ONLY to set up a tunnel over Openssh using a dsa key<br>
> and to run /usr/bin/nxserver.<br>
><br>
> /usr/bin/nxserver then logs in the user via another ssh session to<br>
> localhost using PasswordAuthentication which you therefore must ensure<br>
> is also enabled in sshd_config.<br>
><br>
> so<br>
><br>
> I'm not sure what you mean by FreeNX logging you in as 'nx' user !!<br>
><br>
><br>
> Try logging in locally on the server as the remote user, USING ssh TO<br>
> LOCALHOST AND PASSWORD authentication.<br>
><br>
> This will test if the user works over ssh against AD.<br>
><br>
> chris<br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Will<br>
> Keaney________________________________________________________________<br>
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>> Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ:<br>
>><br>
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>><br>
>> Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:<br>
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</div>I once made it work...only I don't recall all details.<br>
One thing though...if the login is in the form of<br>
<br>
user\domain<br>
<br>
then remember to double the backslash a ka<br>
<br>
user\\domain<br>
<br>
- if it's of any help...<br>
<br>
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Med venlig hilsen/Best regards<br>
<font color="#888888">Verner Kjærsgaard<br>
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