[FreeNX-kNX] Cannot use Windows Desktop

Jeremy Wilkins wjeremy at shaw.ca
Sat Feb 28 17:21:26 UTC 2009


Thanks Marcelo, please rebuild the ppa for that update.  It will solve many
RDP problems for me.


Marcelo Boveto Shima wrote:
> 
> Pushed to the bzr branch.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Jeremy Wilkins <wjeremy at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I just noticed this error this week.  Marcelo, could please make that
>> change
>> in the main trunk and credit Jim for the edit.  If we want to allow
>> spaces
>> I
>> think we might be able use the URL encoded version of the domain name. 
>> We
>> need to look into this later though.  I have had troubles logging into a
>> Windows Server 2008 box with these quotes here.  It makes domain logons
>> impossible which is worse than only domains with spaces.  Thank you Jim
>> for
>> pointing that out.
>>
>>
>> jim.sifferle wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Shima,
>> >
>> > I downloaded and applied the diff.  It worked well, except I had to
>> make
>> > one small change on Line 40 of nxdesktop_helper.
>> >
>> > - [ "$agent_domain" = "" ] || DOMAIN="-d \"$agent_domain\""
>> > + [ "$agent_domain" = "" ] || DOMAIN="-d $agent_domain"
>> >
>> > The reason for the change is that Windows authentication failed because
>> > the username was "DOMAIN"\username, where the quotes were treated
>> > literally as part of the domain name.  I can't imagine anyone would
>> have
>> a
>> > Windows NetBIOS domain name with a space in it.  I think you may be
>> able
>> > to safely remove the escaped quotes.  It worked great for me.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Jim Sifferle
>> > Danaher T&M / Tektronix Network Services
>> > Work: 503-627-5364
>> > Mobile: 503-860-5558
>> > Jim.sifferle at tektronix.com<mailto:Jim.sifferle at tektronix.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Marcelo Boveto Shima [mailto:marceloshima at gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:58 PM
>> > To: User Support for FreeNX Server and kNX Client
>> > Subject: Re: [FreeNX-kNX] Cannot use Windows Desktop
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > This should be
>> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/freenx-server/+bug/295958
>> > The fix is
>> >
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~freenx-team/freenx-server/ubuntu/revision/84<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Efreenx-team/freenx-server/ubuntu/revision/84>
>> >
>> > Regards.
>> > Shima
>> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:20 PM,
>> > <jim.sifferle at tektronix.com<mailto:jim.sifferle at tektronix.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm having trouble using the Windows Desktop / Terminal Services
>> feature
>> > on my systems.  When I connect using FreeNX / Terminal Services, I get
>> > logged into the Windows server, then receive an error "The system
>> cannot
>> > find the path specified.  This initial program cannot be started:
>> > /usr/bin/nxdesktop_helper.  Please consult Help for more information."
>> > This error appears to be coming from the Windows server, and it occurs
>> > whether I specify a program to run after login or not.  I get the same
>> > error if the NoMachine client is set to Present the Windows Logon
>> screen.
>> > In that case, I get the login screen, successfully login, and then get
>> the
>> > error.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > All systems run CentOS 5.2, and have FreeNX 0.7.3 and NoMachine client
>> > 3.3.0-6 installed.  The FreeNX packages came from the CentOS Extras
>> repo.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Jim Sifferle
>> >
>> > Danaher T&M / Tektronix Network Services
>> >
>> > Work: 503-627-5364
>> >
>> > Mobile: 503-860-5558
>> >
>> > Jim.sifferle at tektronix.com<mailto:Jim.sifferle at tektronix.com>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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