Install FreeNX software
Create a node configuration file.USE="nxclient" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -avt "=nxserver-freenx-0.5.0.20060311-r1"
cp /usr/NX/etc/node.conf.sample /usr/NX/etc/node.confDefine authorization file in node configuration.
vi /usr/NX/etc/node.confAdd a remote user to FreeNX. As default FreeNX use PAM to authenticate user's password. The behavior can be changed by enabling internal FreeNX password in node configuration file.
add line
SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEYS="authorized_keys"
FreeNX, uses a default public key for initial communication to the FreeNX server. (user nx) Replacing the key is more secure but the private key has to be installed on all clients which access this server. Generate new keypair/usr/NX/bin/nxserver --adduser <username>
Update NX user's authorized keys/usr/NX/bin/nxkeygen
cp /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/server.id_dsa.pub.key /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/authorized_keys
Store a copy of the private key
cp /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/client.id_dsa.key /usr/NX/share/keys
Fix backingstore issue with latest windows client (2.0.0-98) from www.nomachine.com. Fixes "NX> 596 Session startup failed." errors.
vi /usr/NX/bin/nxnode
After line 263 [ -n "$backingstore" ] && B="-bs $backingstore" add these lines:# backingstore = { "when_requested", "always", ... }
[ -n "$backingstore" -a "$ENABLE_2_0_0_BACKEND" != "1" -a "$backingstore" != "1" ] && B="-bs $backingstore"
# backingstore = 1 (new nxclient 2.0.0 doesn't send any strings in the option-string for backingstore anymore)
[ -n "$backingstore" -a "$ENABLE_2_0_0_BACKEND" != "1" -a "$backingstore" = "1" ] && B="+bs"
# backingstore = 1 and 2.0.0-Backend EXPERIMENTAL
[ -n "$backingstore" -a "$ENABLE_2_0_0_BACKEND" = "1" ] && B="-bs $backingstore"
Setup the Windows client.
Install generate private key onto NX Clients.
Copy file from the NXFree server /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/client.id_dsa.key to NX Client.
Linux/Mac Rename to /usr/NX/share/keys/gentoo.id_dsa.key
Windows Rename to C:\Program Files\NX Client for Windows\share\key\gentoo.id_dsa.key
Create FreeNX Session to server
Under Linux
# nxclient -wizard
Or click on the "NX Client For Windows icon"
"C:\Program Files\NX Client for Windows\nxclient.exe"
NX Client under Windows and Linux has an identical layout,
Import the private key and save session configuration.
C:\Program Files\NX Client for Windows\share\key\gentoo.id_dsa.key
All Done - apaton 9/10/06
