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Install FreeNX on Debian 7.1 wheezy

  • Download and run the script
  • Secure ssh:
    • Create a group nxusers and add all the users require remote NX access to the group:e.g.
      sudo groupadd nxusers
      sudo usermod -a -G nxusers wilson
    • Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config as root:
      1. Enable PubkeyAuthentication for all:
        PubkeyAuthentication yes
      2. Disable PasswordAuthentication for all:
        PasswordAuthentication no
      3. Allows PasswordAuthentication only for the FreeNX users by appending the following line to sshd_config:
        Match Group nxusers 
            PasswordAuthentication yes
        or if you want to allow individual users:
        Match User john alex
            PasswordAuthentication yes
    • Restart ssh server:
      sudo /etc/init.d/ssh reload

6 comments:

  1. Whoever you are, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for these notes and script. I was pulling my hair out, under pressure, to get this working. I was ready to give up, and then tried your script. The new url for the nx server is:
    http://web04.nomachine.com/download/3.5.0/Linux/EDS/nxserver-3.5.0-11.x86_64.tar.gz
    Other than that, it worked perfectly on Debian Wheezy 7.2.

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    1. Good to know it works for you.

      The download url has been updated. Thanks.

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  2. This no longer works because the script relies on the 3.5 client and that is no longer available from No Machine.

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  3. Mirrors
    http://www.filewatcher.com/m/nxserver-3.5.0-11.x86_64.tar.gz.7903110-0.html

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  4. does anyone have mirror for http://computingplugs.com/files/nxserver ?

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  5. http://web.archive.org/web/20131031022210/http://computingplugs.com/files/nxserver

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