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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ok, the </span><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE="1" is clear, thanks for the info. </span></tt><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></tt><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Basically I would appreciate any pointers on FreeNX versions in which the nxacl is working and maybe how I can check if the nxacl is being processed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Maybe my version, even if it has nxacl but it does not seem to process it. Do I need to enable it somewhere?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also some example of how I can modify the session parameters, syntax etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org [mailto:freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ext chris@ccburton.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> User Support for FreeNX Server and kNX Client<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FreeNX-kNX] Seamless / rootless session, allowing only certain application to start.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org">freenx-knx-bounces@kde.org</a> wrote on 23/01/2013 12:44:22:</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><tt>> Hi and sorry if this has been asked before.</tt></span> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I don't think it's been asked recently anyway . . . .</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I am having trouble finding the needed information online anywhere.</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Yup, that's cos there's no documentation . . .</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> NX version:</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> NX> 1000 NXNODE - Version 3.2.0-74-SVN OS (GPL, using backend: 3.3.0)</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I have a need to do two things. (in FreeNX or commercial NX server)</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> 1. Force an application to be started on session start with no</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>> desktop (this I have partly got working by using the </tt><br><tt>> NODE_AUTOSTART="/usr/bin/firefox" setting in node.cfg</tt><br><tt>> (Not without desktop showing however) it seems the </tt><br><tt>> ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE="1" does not function as I had thought it would.</tt></span> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It could more accurately be called:-</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ENABLE_CLIENT_SELECTION_OF_ROOTLESS_MODE</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>but it isn't . . .</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> 2. Only allowing this application to be launched, all other NX </span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>> client configured commands should be overridden so that this one </tt><br><tt>> application starts.</tt></span> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> So in short, I want the user to be presented with a login </span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>> application when they are logged on through the NX server, also I </tt><br><tt>> want the desktop to be hidden and not usable for the end user.</tt></span> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I have not found any working way to do this, some information I </span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>> found about nxacl that I could not get working in our FreeNX so far.</tt></span> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Use nxacl to change/set the session parameters</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> rootless=1</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> application=whateveryouwant</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As I (almost) wrote above . . . </span></tt><br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The setting in node.conf</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ENABLE_ROOTLESS_MODE="1"</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (which is the default value)</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>allows nxnode to accept the "rootless" parameter from</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the client if it is set to 1</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>BUT</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>it DOESN'T force it, so you need to use nxacl.</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Now</span></tt> <br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>what problems are you having with nxacl ?????</span></tt> <br><br><br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I was also not able to do this in the Commercial NX server.</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Has anyone tried something like this and got it working.</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I would be grateful for any hints.</span></tt> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>> Regards,</tt></span> <br><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Tom</span></tt><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>