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NoMachineNX

Installation on openSUSE

Installation of NoMachine NX 3.5 on openSUSE 12.3.

  • Log in as superuser (“root”)

  • Download the RPMs

  • Change your working directory to the location where you saved the package and install it by running from a console

    rpm -i nxclient-3.5.0-7.x86_64.rpm
    rpm -i nxnode-3.5.0-9.x86_64.rpm
    rpm -i nxserver-3.5.0-11.x86_64.rpm
    
  • Edit the SSH server configuration file

    vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    
  • Look for the line that starts with AuthorizedKeysFile. Edit the line to be

    AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys2
    

    Note the “2” at the end.

  • Save it

  • Find the ID of the /usr/sbin/sshd process

    ps -ef | grep sshd
    
  • Send it a signal to re-read this config file

    kill -HUP processID
    
  • Start the nxserver

    /usr/NX/bin/nxserver --start
    

The NX service can be controlled by the command /usr/NX/bin/nxserver –status|–start|–stop|–restart. Additional commands are available to configure the server. Try /usr/NX/bin/nxserver –help for more information.