[FreeNX-kNX] Rick Stout has released native Red Hat RPMs for FreeNX

[Doug Burks]

Hello all,

Fedora contributor Rick Stout has created native FreeNX RPMs for Red
Hat derivatives.  He built them on Fedora Core 2, but I've
successfully tested them on CentOS, so they should also work on Tao
Linux, White Box Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat
9.0, etc.

Below is my updated HOWTO using the new RPMs.

Doug

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# HOWTO Build an NX Server Using Tao Linux
#
# There's probably a better way of doing all this,
# but this procedure works for me.
#
# Doug Burks
# Last updated: 2004/09/30
# (see CHANGELOG at the end of this file)
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# COMPATIBILITY
#
# Tao Linux is a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
# and is available at http://www.taolinux.org.
#
# Since Tao Linux is a clone of RHEL3, this procedure
# should work fairly well for other clones of RHEL3
# such as CentOS and White Box Enterprise Linux.
#
# This procedure has also been tested on 
# Fedora and Red Hat 9.0.
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# Install OS
#
# -Perform any installation that includes Gnome or KDE
# -Enable firewall, but allow SSH to pass through
# -Installation completes, machine reboots
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# Import RPM GPG key so we can do yum update
#
# This command will be different for different
# distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, etc.)
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rpm --import /usr/share/doc/tao-release-1.0/RPM-GPG-KEY-tao

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# Load OS updates (takes a long time)
# -necessary for a production box on the Internet
# -not necessary if only testing on a LAN
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#yum update

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# Install expect, if not already installed
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yum install expect

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# Download NX RPMs
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wget http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/FreeNX-0.2.4-0.fdr.1.noarch.rpm
wget http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/NX-1.4.0-0.fdr.1.i386.rpm

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# Install RPMs
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rpm -Uvh *NX*.rpm

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# Perform one-time nxsetup
#
# Pay attention to the message that is displayed
# about distributing client.id_dsa.key
# to your end-users.
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/usr/bin/nxsetup

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# Fix permissions on /home/.nx/.ssh/authorized_keys2
#
# Permissions need to be 640, otherwise you won't be
# able to connect and you'll receive error messages
# in /var/log/secure.
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chmod 640 /home/.nx/.ssh/authorized_keys2

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# Create users and set passwords
# (Repeat for user2, user3, etc.)
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adduser user1
passwd user1

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# We don't need to add users to NX itself since we're 
# using the default of PAM security.
#
# But if you change the default and have nxserver
# do its own account management, you'll need to:
# nxserver --adduser user1
# nxserver --passwd user1
# and repeat for user2, user3, etc.
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# For a little extra security, add
# the AllowUsers directive to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
# AllowUsers nx user1 user2 user3
#
# Include 'nx' account and any real users.
# You probably DON'T want to include root.
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echo "AllowUsers nx user1" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
service sshd restart

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# Edit /usr/bin/nxnode
#
# Find this line:
# mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
#
# and modify it to look like this:
# mkdir -m 700 -p $HOME/.ssh
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# TESTING
#
# Now that you have the FreeNX server installed and
# running, it is time to test it.
#
# On a separate PC, download and install an NX client
# from http://www.nomachine.com.
#
# Then copy client.id_dsa.key from the server to
# the client.
# 
# Create a new NX session and see if you can connect!
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# LINKS
#
# FreeNX on Fedora:
# http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/
#
# FreeNX Server (and client) on Knoppix 3.6 Live CD:
# http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12818
#
# FreeNX on K12LTSP:
# http://ltsp.criticalcontrol.com/freenx.html
#
# NoMachine (commercial version of FreeNX) documentation:
# http://nomachine.com/resources.php
# http://nomachine.com/developers.php
#
# PXES Universal Linux Thin Client (includes NX client):
# http://pxes.sourceforge.net/
# http://pxes.sourceforge.net/howtos/PXES-NX_client.pdf
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# CREDITS
#
# Many Thanks go to:
#
# Gian Filippo Pinzari and the rest of the NoMachine team
# for developing NX in the first place.
#
# Fabian Franz and Kurt Pfeifle
# for developing (and evangelizing) FreeNX.
#
# Stefan Dirsch
# for developing the SUSE NX RPMs.
#
# Rick Stout
# for testing this procedure on Fedora Core 2 and
# for producing the native Red Hat NX RPMs.
#
# Dave Puchyr
# for testing this procedure on Red Hat 9.0.
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# CHANGELOG
# 
# 2004/09/30
# Version 1.3
# -Updated procedure to reflect the release of native
#  Red Hat RPMs.  Thanks go to Rick Stout for his
#  hard work on this!
#
# 2004/09/29
# Version 1.2
# -Added COMPATIBILITY section.
# -Added TESTING section.
# -Added CREDITS section.
# -Added LINKS section.
#
# 2004/09/28
# Version 1.1
# -Added compatibility info for other RHEL clones.
# -Removed SUSE netcat RPM installation.
# -Changed URL for SUSE NX RPM.
# -Added "Fix permissions on authorized_keys2".
#
# 2004/09/20
# Version 1.0
# -Initial version.
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