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FreeNX (Fedora Core 5, 6)
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Free NX is the solution that MANY of us all needed:

 

I'm on a windows or linux box, and need to remote control another linux box... securely... over ssh only... SSL secure... oh, and with GUI too!

 

Enter NX...

 

Server Setup:

 

On your linux box (nx server)

 

Open terminal, and su to root

 



Code:
yum install freenx




 

guess what - that's it! The yum install does ALL the config for you!

 

You should only need to copy the client.id_dsa.key from /etc/nxserver to your client,

then properly import the key into the client setup

 

Client Setup:

 

Windows Box

 

Download the Windows client from www.nomachine.com

Install - take defaults all the way through.

 

Linux (Fedora core 5, 6)

 

download linux client from www.nomachine.com

remember where you saved the file - I saved mine here: /home/dan/nxclient/

 

open terminal and su to root:

 



Code:
yum localinstall nxclient*.rpm




 

You have to do it this way, because of dependency issues - it took me forever to figure this one out - you can't install just by rpm -ivh ...

 

that's it, now config the clients...

 

 

 

 

Client Configuration (Win & Nix):

 

The Session wizard:



Code:
Session name: what ever you want to call it...
Host: IP address or DNS name of your server
Port: 22
Internet connection - slide to your speed
Next>






Code:
Drop down boxes:
Right one is Unix
Left one - depends on you desktop environment - choose KDE or Gnome
Size of your remote desktop: select your resolution
**** Check the box for Enable SSL encryption of all traffic ****
Next>






Code:
Check the box for Advanced Configuration dialog
Finish>




 

Advanced Configuration dialog:



Code:
Click the "Key" button, then Import.
Browse to the client.id_dsa.key file you got from your server setup.
Save>
Save>




 

That's it!

 

If I didn't make myself clear on the client config, click here for a video showing how to do it...

NX Client Config - Video

 

Mirror on google video - Not as clear, but works better than mine...

 

Be patient - it's a 6 MB video file

 

Enjoy!

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#2

nice one dan,

 

topic pinned keep up the good work

 

cheers

anyweb

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#3

[img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_ohmy.png[/img] cool!
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I am running 64-bit FC6 on it. the funny thing is, I really miss freeNX from my old FC5 box, but a search in yum says it's not there. Is there a way to install a 32-bit version and if so wherewould I find it since yum seems to think it does not exist?...
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