[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX, SSH, and su

[Pat Regan]

Jon Severinsson wrote:
>>> Also, are there any plans to allow "real" public key authentication when
>>> logging into a FreeNX server?
> Yes, but not anytime soon. The nx protocol does support the addition of more
> authentication methods, but currently only password is implemented. To
> implemented more you'll have to add support to both the client and the server,
> and as there is no good oss clients to add support to (current ones is mainly
> prof-of-consept clients), this won't happen without !M, and last I heard this
> feature was not planed for 1.5, so perhaps next year...
> 

Since we are using SSH to connect from client to server...  And we can
use SSH to authenticate...  What about turning on SSH Agent forwarding
on the client to server connection?

> I hope this clarified most (if not all) authentication questions.
> 

Yes, thank you very much.
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