[FreeNX-kNX] kNX behind a firewall (only port 22 open) unusable?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

LROUFAIL at nc.rr.com wrote:
> It looks it installs and runs fine.
> 
> based on the output it looks like you just need to add the password to your config file.  It should fail a lot more gracefully than it does!
> 
> Maybe I will work on that for the next version.  Also, now nomachine has released the encryption routine they use in the config file, so someone could create a patch to use the config file without modifications.
> 
> These instructions are on the website:
> 
> There are a couple of changes you have to make to the configuration file to make it work. I could not get the NX Client to generate the password that the server expects, so I had to create the nxpassgen utility to generate it. Just execute the utility. It will ask for the NX username and password. In the configuration file, in the Login group, add an entry for the password. It should look like this:
> 
> <group name="Login" >
>    <option key="Password" value="password from nxpassgen" />
>    <option key="User" value="the user" />
> </group>
> 
> Try that and let me know if it helps.

All right. I had:

<option key="Auth" value="my_password_from_nxpassgen" />

instead of key="Password".

Sorry for that.

So now it gets somehow farther, but stops at "Negotiating protocol 
version" in the browser. The log looks like that:




stream created
/home/tch/.mozilla/firefox/pyfsycb5.default/Cache/18EC3F91d01
Info: /home/tch/.mozilla/firefox/pyfsycb5.default/Cache/18EC3F91d01.
Info: moznx - version .2 (based on NXRUN - version 1.3.1-1).
Info: NXConnection created.
Info: setting 'NX_PersonalDirectory' to '/home/tch/.nx'.
Info: checking cookie...
Info: setting 'NX_CookieTempFilePath' to '/home/tch/.nx/temp/8547/authlog'.
Info: cookie found...
Info: setting 'NX_SshPath' to '/usr/NX/bin/nxssh'.
Info: setting 'NX_SshKeyPath' to '/usr/NX/share/client.id_dsa.key'.
Info: setting 'NX_SshLogPath' to '/home/tch/.nx/temp/8547/sshlog'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_SessionName' to 
''/home/tch/.mozilla/firefox/pyfsycb5.default/Cache/18EC3F91d01'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_Username' to ' + tch'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_PasswordMD5' to 'xxxxx'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_HostName' to ''127.0.0.1'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_HostPort' to 
'%d'.SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_LinkSpeed' to ''modem'.
Info: setting 'NX_DesktopGeometry' to '800x600+0+0'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_SessionType' to 'unix-rfb'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_Keyboard' to 
'%s'.SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_EnableTcpNoDelay' to '1'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_EnableStreamCompression' to '%d'.1'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_EnableEncryption' to '0'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_RestoreCache' to '1'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_CacheSizeInMemory' to ''8m'.
SettingsToParameters : setting 'NX_CacheSizeOnDisk' to ''32m'.
NXTransport (nxssh): creating new process.
NXTransport (nxssh): new process created.
NXTransport (nxssh): set flags for redirection.
NXTransport (nxssh): set default parameter 'NX_SshName'.
NXProcess: process being spawned /usr/NX/bin/nxssh
NXTransport (nxssh): connecting...
Info: Connecting to '127.0.0.1'.

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READ: nxssh -nx -i /usr/NX/share/client.id_dsa.key nx at 127.0.0.1

---
NXProtocol: line does not contain token NX.
NXProtocol: line is: nxssh -nx -i /usr/NX/share/client.id_dsa.key 
nx at 127.0.0.1

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READ: NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 8585

---
NXProtocol: parsed line has code '203' and string 'NXSSH running with 
pid: 8585 '.

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READ: NX> 200 Connected to address: 127.0.0.1 on port: 22

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NXProtocol: parsed line has code '200' and string 'Connected to address: 
127.0.0.1 on port: 22 '.
NXProtocol: connecting...

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READ: NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx

---
NXProtocol: parsed line has code '202' and string 'Authenticating user: 
nx '.
NXProtocol: connected.
Info: Connected to '127.0.0.1'.

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READ: NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey

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NXProtocol: parsed line has code '208' and string 'Using auth method: 
publickey'.
NXProtocol: skip NX code '208'

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READ: HELLO NXSERVER - Version 1.4.0-02 OS_(GPL)
NX> 105
---
NXProtocol: set server version to '1.4.0'.
NXProtocol: sending version.
NXProtocol: parsed line has code '105' and string ''.
NXProtocol: standard 'Hello' created
NXProtocol: sending Hello... WRITE: Hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.4.0

success!
NXProtocol: Hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.4.0
Info: Negotiating protocol version.

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READ: Hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.4.0
NX> 105
---
NXProtocol: line does not contain token NX.
NXProtocol: line is: Hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.4.0
NXProtocol: parsed line has code '105' and string ''.



Any clue?

Tomek