I also followed the instructions here for NoMachine_4.2.26
https://www.nomachine.com/AR10K00710
And was able to get the basic functionality to work on an AWS debian instance. On AWS, typically an “admin” or “ec2-user” is provided with sudo privileges. My goal is to allow NoMachine access to a gnome desktop as the ec2-user.
Following the KnowledgeBase article as “root”, then I can connect to a desktop using nxplayer — but *only* as the “root” user. (To make this work I also had to modify /usr/NX/etc/server.cfg and change the default values for: VirtualDesktopAuthorization 0, and PhysicalDesktopAuthorization 0)
If I try to follow the KnowledgeBase procedure as the “ec2-user” then the nxserver –restart fails.
> /usr/NX/bin/nxserver –restart
NX> 500 ERROR: Only a user with administrative privileges
NX> 500 ERROR: can use option: restart.
Running nxserver –restart as sudo does work, but then the proper Desktop connections are not displayed in nxplayer.
Is there any way to provide a headless Desktop connection to a non-root user?
Thanks!
-dave