
Get the client from nomachine's homepage. Install one or both of opennx AUR and nx3-all AUR packages. usr/NX/bin/nxserver -usercheck USERNAMEĪs of installation nxserver is set to start up automatically, however, you are likely to need to restart the server after setting up: You can also check if a desired user can be logged on by: You can check if the nxserver is running by: And Do not forget to send the private key to the client. If you create your own key pair, make sure you add the directory of the public key to authorizedkeyfiles in sshd_config and also SSHAuthorizedKeys in node.cfg. You could used the default key created during installation or you could create a new pair. Keys are used to authenticate the clients with the server by default.

You should also install xdialog on the server or you will not see the "suspend/terminate" dialog when you try to close the window or hit Ctrl+Alt+t.Or if you are not using CDE but Xfce you could simply edit CDE line like below and start cde from the client:įor an overview of the install and uninstall procedures, run the following after installing nx3-all AUR: If you use another window manager such as Fluxbox/Openbox or Xfce, you may need to edit this file slightly (see below). If you use KDE or GNOME desktop environments you do not need to edit this file, as the defaults with the modified MD5SUM command should work in this case. If you are running your SSH daemon on a port other than the default port 22, you will need to uncomment and update: SSHD_PORT=22 The main configuration file is located at /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg. If you do not want to allow password login globally, add match block at the end of file like below: /etc/ssh/sshd_config:ĪuthorizedKeysFile /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/authorized_keys /usr/NX/home/nx/.ssh/authorized_keys2 You need to allow RSAauthentication, Password Authentication, and you also need to include nx public keys to Authorizedkeysfile. The sshd daemon (available in openssh package) must be installed and running for it to function properly.įor freenx authentication to work, sshd has to be setup properly.

Both server and client packages are included in the package. Get FreeNX/Nomachine from nx3-all AUR or nomachine AUR. It was the non-commercial version of NoMachine, which has meanwhile switched to closed source. The program is open source, secure ( SSH based), fast and versatile.


FreeNX, German text, is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another computer over the Internet.
