[FreeNX-kNX] problem with freenx server

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Monday 10 April 2006 14:53, ankush grover wrote:
> hey friends,
> 
>  I have installed freenx rpm on fc3. I am using nomachine's windows client
> to connect to my freenx server.
> 
> The ssh on my system is running on port 3009 and only few users are allowed
> to connect to it.

You have to allow the special user "nx" to log in via SSH with pubkey
authentication. "nx" will establish a secure channel for the real user's
password authentication and start the NX components that make the session
work on behalf of the user.

See what it tells you below  :-)

Cheers,
Kurt

> In the logs (/var/log/secure) the entry is this like
> 
> User nx is not allowed
> 
> NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 1796
> NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command
> NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files
> NX> 200 Connected to address: 192.168.1.10 on port: 3009
> NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
> NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
> NX> 204 Authentication failed.
> 
> The user I am trying to login is a system user and it is allowed to ssh onto
> the system.
> 
> I have changed the settings in node.conf file for ssh port and the key which
> I have imported into nomachine is in folder /etc/nxserver/. Moreover there
> is another client.id_dsa.key in /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh.
> 
> I even created another user which is also a system user and allowed to ssh
> into the system.But again the same error.
> 
> Can somebody guide me what wrong I am doing in configuring freenx server ?
> 
> IPTables and SELinux are off on the FC3 system.
> 
> Thanks & Regards
> 
> Ankush Grover