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Description of problem: The 'nx' user account used by FreeNX is locked by default on install and must be unlocked and have a password set before any clients can connect. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): freenx-server-0.7.3-11.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install nx and freenx via yum 2. Try to connect using a nx-client or local ssh-client 3. Actual results: Connection fails Expected results: Connection is successful Additional info: On a fresh install of nx and freenx, connection attempts produce the following is /var/log/secure Sep 19 16:12:13 localhost sshd[19178]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Sep 19 16:12:13 localhost sshd[19178]: Server listening on :: port 22. Sep 19 16:12:20 localhost sshd[19187]: User nx not allowed because account is locked Sep 19 16:12:20 localhost sshd[19188]: input_userauth_request: invalid user nx Sep 19 16:12:24 localhost sshd[19187]: Failed none for invalid user nx from 127.0.0.1 port 49807 ssh2 Sep 19 16:12:25 localhost sshd[19188]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 Setting a password on the 'nx' account and unlocking it allows connections as expected. SELinux must also be set to Permissive because of bug 379581.
Setting a password is not necessary as per https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475940#c3 . I did have SELinux set to permissive so everything worked "out of the box" for me (other than copying keys).
This may be the same as Bug 379581 -- try disabling SELinux on the server.
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