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freenx: Authentication works but session fails

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http://www.linuxquestions.org – I installed freenx-0.7.3-i486-1alien.tgz on the server (with Slack 12.1), all according to instructions. I installed the nomachine nxclient 3.4.0-7 on the client (with Slack 12.2). I ran setup and configured. I used the default no-machine keys, not custom ones. Since authentication failed at the beginning, I enabled DBauthentication, and added my user and password, which seemed to allow authentication to occur. Here is my node.conf: Quote: # node.con (HowTos)

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Submitted by jiqi2 on 07/21/2010 – Made popular on 07/21/2010

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