Bug 154581 – nxserver PATH problem

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description Kevin Carlson 2006-11-09 10:33:09 UTC]

When connecting I receive the errors:

NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 5172
NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command
NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files
NX> 285 Setting the preferred NX options
NX> 200 Connected to address: 70.114.245.28 on port: 22
NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
HELLO NXSERVER - Version  
NX> 105 /usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: dirname: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: which: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: .: filename argument required
.: usage: . filename [arguments]
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 470: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: tr: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: grep: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: cut: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 484: cut: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
Killed by signal 15.

On the local machine:  

grundle home # su - nx 
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: dirname: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: which: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 18: .: filename argument required
.: usage: . filename [arguments]
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 470: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: tr: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: grep: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 481: cut: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 484: cut: command not found
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
HELLO NXSERVER - Version  
/usr/bin/nxserver: line 431: [: : integer expression expected
NX> 105 

A local test with a new user account:

grundle home # useradd -m -d /home/testuser testuser 
grundle home # passwd testuser
New UNIX password: 
BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
grundle home # su - testuser
testuser@grundle ~ $


grundle home # emerge --info

Portage 2.1.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6
Last Sync: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:00:01 +0000
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.60
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.3.5, 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/NX/etc /usr/NX/home /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /usr/spool/PBS"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LINGUAS="en"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X alsa apache2 apm arts avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dba dga directfb dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd exif fbcon foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 iconv imagemagick imap imlib input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kde kernel_linux krb4 libg++ libwww linguas_en mad maildir mikmod mmx mmxext mng motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ofx ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb userland_GNU video_cards_fbdev video_cards_nvidia video_cards_vesa vorbis wxwindows x86 xinerama xml xml2 xorg xv zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

I am not certain if this is a bug with the nx package, but I do not seem to see a answer for why it cannot gain the proper PATH on login.

[Comment 1 Kevin Carlson 2006-11-10 07:52:21 UTC]

Workaround is to add to line 2 of /usr/bin/nxnode and /usr/bin/nxserver:

PATH="${PATH}:/usr/bin:/bin:"

[Comment 2 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2006-11-13 01:02:07 UTC]

Hi,

I can't reproduce this locally at all.  I'll have a think, and see what we can do to get to the bottom of this problem.

Best regards,
Stu

[Comment 3 Elfyn McBratney (beu) (RETIRED) 2006-12-03 08:53:15 UTC]

Changing bug state.

[Comment 4 Bernard Cafarelli 2007-05-28 15:53:36 UTC]

You most probably alread add a nx user before installing the server for the first time, check the ~nx folder has all the skel files and/or remove it completely before trying again.

If that does not work, feel free to reopen the bug ;)