FreeNX on FC6 authentication problem

[Art Fore]

On 11/15/06, Art Fore <art.fore at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 11/15/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 12:16 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/15/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> > >         On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 10:58 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
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> > >         >
> > >         > On 11/14/06, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc at avtechpulse.com>
> > >         wrote:
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> > >         >
> > >         >         Art, here are some tips:
> > >         >
> > >         >         1) In the past, I found I had to run "passwd -uf nx"
> > >         to enable
> > >         >         the nx
> > >         >         user. The rpm didn't do it properly for some reason.
> > >         >
> > >         >         2) Make sure the client enables SSL encryption.
> > >         >
> > >         >         3) The rpm didn't uninstall properly, which really
> > >         messed
> > >         >         things up. If
> > >         >         you try to uninstall it, use rpm -evvv to get a
> > >         verbose output
> > >         >         to see
> > >         >         which files are causing trouble.
> > >         >
> > >         > Done the passwd -uf nx which reported success. SSL
> > >         encription is
> > >         > enabled. Still no luck. Client comes back with
> > >         > NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
> > >         > NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
> > >         > NX> 204 Authentication failed.
> > >         >
> > >         > Log file on server has Received signal 15, terminating.
> > >         >
> > >         > So, any further suggestions?
> > >         ----
> > >         get the file
> > >         /etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.pub
> > >         from the server
> > >
> > >         paste it into the key on the client
> > >
> > > Copied the file to c:/documents and settings/art.fore/.ssh and .nx and
> > > to c:\program files\nx client for windows\share\keys. Now the client
> > > comes up with the same error, the server log only comes up with
> > > connection closed by MailScanner warning: numerical links are often
> > > malicious:10.18.31.29 (client IP address)
> > >
> > > What next?
> > ----
> > keep failing until you follow instructions I would suppose
> >
> > Craig
> >
> Well, I followed instructions as best I could given that they were rather
> sparse. I uninstalled everything and reinstaleld and started over with the
> website instractions mentioned earlier, which by the way have errors and got
> to the same point as before. I did find that importing the
> client.id_dsa.pub with the import button on the client, configure, general
> tab got me to where nx now authenticates, but now my login with my user name
> and password does not authenticate and I am using the correct name and
> password. What key or file controls this and how do I get nx to find it? is
> it one of the keys generated before? If so, which one? I am not at all clear
> on these keys as there is no real explanation of what is for what. (I also
> get the same thing from an nxclient on the server)
>
> Art



Forgot to mention, I can login via ssh from remote machine to the nx server
fine.

Art
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