Hi, I've written a very short quickstart setup README for nxserver-freenx. If you're interested in including this, I'd suggest it be installed as /usr/NX/share/documents/nxserver-freenx/README_setup.txt -- here it is: --------------------------------------- /usr/NX/share/documents/nxserver-freenx/README_setup.txt -- A quick-start guide to getting nxserver-freenx working. ================================================================== Run the following commands as root: 1.) /usr/NX/bin/nxsetup --install --setup-nomachine-key --clean --purge -- This will set up the special user "nx", generate the necessary ssh keys, perform a few other set up tasks, and test your nxserver configuration 2.) /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --adduser your_nx_username 3.) /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --passwd your_nx_username -- This will add a regular user to the nxserver and set the password, so this user can log in using an NX client. Now you're ready to go :) ================================================================== The use of the NoMachine ssh keys for authentication (which are built into the NX clients) is generally regarded as secure. This makes it much easer to connect from a client because you don't have to copy over any public keys to get it to work. However, you can take steps to try to make the setup more secure by generating your own keys and distributing the public key(s) internally to your NX users. For more information on how to do this, see these URLs: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_FreeNX_Server (IMHO, this HOWTO needs improvement) http://madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&opt=printable&id=5755 (Excellent, see "Advanced setup") http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1718238&tid=26&tid=47&tid=29 (Look for "You can also use your own SSH keys for additional security.") --------------------------------------- HTH.
Hi, I'll add something to the NX Overlay wiki. Best regards, Stu
Changing bug state.
> 1.) /usr/NX/bin/nxsetup --install --setup-nomachine-key --clean --purge Good recommandation, this is now printed out by nxserver-freenx-0.6 ebuild at the installation end > 2.) /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --adduser your_nx_username > 3.) /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --passwd your_nx_username It is now recommended to use real system users, which does make freenx work out of the box after the nxsetup step
