[FreeNX-kNX] Re: getting nx to work with non-standard PAM setup

[Alex Aminoff]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, chris at ccburton.com wrote:

> The logging in of the user to FreeNX is done with an "expect" script which
> you can test yourself,
> 
> eg  run:-
> 
>      /usr/bin/nxnode-login ssh aminoff 22 /usr/bin/nxnode --check
> 
> The script waits with NO prompt for you to enter your password.

Thank you so much! That is exactly what we need to figure this all out!

> Not really. Nomachine don't have anything to do with FreeNX.
> 
> In fact nomachine seem to be a bit annoyed with the proliferation of
> Open Source nxagent launchers, which seem to be getting associated
> with them, so much so that the next version of the nx libraries and
> Xserver (nxagent) won't be Open Source.
> 
> I suspect X is on its way out now anyway though.

OK. What do you see as replacing X?

To briefly explain what we would like to do: after logging in with two 
factor authentication, we would like to let our users run Stata, a 
windowed statistics package. Stata on unix has an X gui, I don't foresee 
them changing that any time soon.

  - Alex