nxserver - cannot connect with client

[thesonic1]

Hi everyone,

 

Just trying to get freenx running and I have a bit of an issue - when connecting to the server from a client I get the following error message:

 

NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 3288

NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files

NX> 200 Connected to address: 192.168.2.34 on port: 22

NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx

NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey

NX> 204 Authentication failed.

 

I copied the client key from the server to the client share folder - still get the same error

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in Advance

[Gowator]

did you copy the auth file to the nx users home directory? 

It seems everything is working great except the auth so try regenerating it (there is a utility try nx then tab :D) and make sure its in the right place and also make sure sshd is running..

you might want to try a simple

ssh <hostname> just to check ....

[thesonic1]

did you copy the auth file to the nx users home directory? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I am using a windows client - if that makes any difference - I copied the client.id_dsa.key from the server to the .../nxclient/share folder on windows machine - if that is what you are referring to above?

 

It seems everything is working great except the auth so try regenerating it (there is a utility try nx then tab :D) and make sure its in the right place

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

what should it say - sorry - I am fairly new to nx ?

 

also make sure sshd is running..

you might want to try a simple

ssh <hostname> just to check ....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Can you explain further how I would do this too?

 

Thanks for the advice in advance - I really appreciate it

[camorri]

Thesonic1,

 

Not sure if you have sorted this out or not. Since I'm trying to get NX client to talk to the server, I was browsing. I can shed some light on the above suggestions.

 

there is a utility try nx then tab

 

This is a linux command line thing. If you type nx and press tab, the system will list all known commands that start with nx. From the list you can pick the exact spelling of the command you are looking for. I know you are on windoze, so the command you are looking for to re-generate the nx client key is nxkeygen. ( At least that is what it is called on linux.) I don't have it install on windoze, so the name may vary there. Try it and see what happens.

 

As for testing ssh, you will need a client ssh program installed on windoze to try this. If you Google for ssh client, you will find a long list of applications for this purpose. The reason is simple enough. NX uses ssh to securly connet to a server. SSH needs to work first, before NX can do its thing. So, if necessary, install a client, and try to connect to your server. If that works, then any connection issues you still have are in NX. If it won't connect, you need to fix that first.

 

Hope this helps.

Edited May 23, 2006 by camorri