[K12OSN] OT - Question about Freenx

Patrick Fleming k12ltsp at rwcinc.net
Sat Dec 20 02:58:13 UTC 2008


ssh key files have to be read and write only for the owner.

Have you tried to do ssh -vv -i (path to id file) (freenxhost)?

This should tell you if things are running properly on the ssh side.


Joseph Bishay wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for your advice.  I tried it and it did not work. I went
> through the network connection wizard, imported the key from
> /etc/nxserver (I had to make a copy of the file and change the
> permissions as only root can read it). I clicked save, and "service
> sshd status" gives you:
> 
> sshd (pid 1957) is running...
> 
> The output of rpm -qa|grep nx is:
> 
> lynx-2.8.5-28.1.el5_2.1
> nx-3.2.0-8.el5.centos
> freenx-0.7.3-1.el5.centos
> nxclient-3.3.0-3
> 
> What should I do?
> 
> thanks,
> Joseph
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Barry R Cisna <brcisna at eazylivin.net> wrote:
>> Joseph,
>>
>> No need to regenerate the nx ssh keys. Delete your existing nx
>> connection. Go through the NX Connection Wizard again. Make sure you use
>> 'Gnome' as the session, and check the 'advanced' in the wizard. Make
>> sure on the ssh key config,you click on "import" then navigate to
>> your /etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.key and 'Save'!
>> Next do ' service sshd status ' make sure ssh is actually running.
>> Now try and connect via your newly created nx icon.
>> If you still have trouble, post the results here of running the
>> following command;
>>
>> rpm -qa|grep nx
>>
>> Barry Cisna
>>
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