FreeNX and Nomachine WinXP Client - Not working

[mvelu@yahoo.com]

Hi all,

This is my first posting to the forum. I have setup a fedora core 5 linux (downloaded the DVD from redhat mirror site) in a Intel Machine. While Installation I have selected everying. The fedora server is now running fine. I have download the putty client in my XP Desktop machine (another machine) and established a ssh connectivity to the fedora server and I am able to connect using the "root" user itself.

After that I have downloaded the following files

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/r...5.1.noarch.rpm

and

http://fedoranews.org/contributors/r...FC5.1.i386.rpm

and installed the same in the fedora server and the installation went well without any errors.

After that I have downloed the NoMachine Client from nomachine.com (nxclient-2.0.0-92.exe) and installed the same. While configuring the same, as per the instruction found in http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/, I have configured the initial setup. but When I clicked the "Key" It was showing already some Key information. So I haven't touched any key information and saved the same. Then I tried to establish connectivity to fedora core. I was getting an error saying "Server not installed or NX access denied" I clicked on the details and checked. It was showing authentication error. Here is the complete error log

NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 3420
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: 10.7.4.130 on port: 22
NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx
NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey
NX> 204 Authentication failed.

After that, I have tried another scenario. I copied the file from the /etc/nxserver/client.id_dsa.key file from the fedora server to my XP desktop using sshcopy. Then I have imported the key using the "Key" option in the NX Client and tried again. Again the same error as said above and I am not able to connect.

Could anybody please give me some direction on how to solve this.

Thanks In Advance

M.Velu

[rje_nc]

The FreeNX client will have some key info but you need to copy the key from the server over the key shown in the client just as the instructions say on the fedoranews link you referenced. After that it should connect without any problems.

I use FreeNX to connect to several CentOS servers and it works great. I save the server keys to a folder on my USB flash drive so I can install the client on systems at home and at work to provide easy access to the servers.

You might want to remove the client from the XP box (check for any hidden config files) and reinstall and import the server key during the initial install of the client.

Bob