Forum / NoMachine for Mac / Authentication failing when unlocking to change server preferences
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August 10, 2020 at 11:03 #28929davidnbmdParticipant
Greetings,
I hope you are well. I have recently been suggested to try NoMachine as an VNC alternative, but am having issues changing the Server Preferences. When I try to enable changes and input my admin username or password, it errors saying “Authentication failed, please try again”. I know the password is correct, as MacOS credential prompt accepts it and does not “shake” like is usually does with an incorrect input. I have tried this with an domain user as well as a local admin user.
I am using NoMachine 6.11.2 with MacOS Catalina 10.15.6. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
David.August 13, 2020 at 17:39 #28988BritgirlKeymasterIf you’re sure it’s not a case of wrong username and password, then we need to see the .nx folder of computer you are trying to change preferences of. You can find it in the user’s home (under /User/username) . Attach it here or send it to forum[at]nomachine[dot]com making sure you include the title of your topic in the subject.
August 14, 2020 at 08:41 #28990davidnbmdParticipantHi,
Definitely the right username and password, as I used the same credentials to authenticate the installtion of NoMachine. I’ve sent the .nx folder in a zip file to the email address specified.
Regards,
David.August 14, 2020 at 10:31 #29000BritgirlKeymasterLogs show the following:
Cannot get information for group id '23636965' Warning: Could not open for writing settings file '/Users/davidn/.nx/config/player.cfg'.
– What is group 23636965?
– Check your access rights to server side folder .nx/config and file player.cfgAugust 17, 2020 at 07:50 #29009davidnbmdParticipantHi,
The 23636965 is a domain group. Regardless, even if I apply 777 permissions to the config folder and its contents, I am still unable to authenticate to change the settings.
Regards,
David.August 18, 2020 at 10:07 #29027graywolfParticipantIs your home folder located on a remote filesystem (mounted by NFS, for example)?
August 18, 2020 at 13:17 #29028davidnbmdParticipantNo, it’s local to my machine.
August 24, 2020 at 07:29 #29089tUdspaGeParticipantI’m also having this issue on latest Catalina and latest NoMachine version.
August 25, 2020 at 15:09 #29133graywolfParticipantWould you send the output of command
sudo -l -U davidn
?Would you try a debug version of a NoMachine component in order to collect more information?
August 26, 2020 at 07:55 #29140davidnbmdParticipantsudo -l -U davidn
Matching Defaults entries for davidn on ITMBP0007:
env_reset, env_keep+=BLOCKSIZE, env_keep+="COLORFGBG COLORTERM", env_keep+=__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING, env_keep+="CHARSET LANG LANGUAGE LC_ALL LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE", env_keep+="LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME", env_keep+="LINES COLUMNS", env_keep+=LSCOLORS, env_keep+=SSH_AUTH_SOCK, env_keep+=TZ,
env_keep+="DISPLAY XAUTHORIZATION XAUTHORITY", env_keep+="EDITOR VISUAL", env_keep+="HOME MAIL", lecture_file=/etc/sudo_lectureUser davidn may run the following commands on ITMBP0007:
(ALL) ALLAugust 27, 2020 at 09:24 #29187davidnbmdParticipantAlso happy to run a debug version.
August 27, 2020 at 14:03 #29208BritgirlKeymasterPlesae check your inbox for a debug version of nxexec.
August 28, 2020 at 16:22 #29223BritgirlKeymasterWe received the logs, thank you.
September 17, 2020 at 08:08 #29501tUdspaGeParticipantAny solution to this issue found? Bc it’s not accepting the password, I’m not able to uninstall the application.
September 18, 2020 at 08:55 #29513CatoParticipantHello,
davidnbmd,
What are permissions of /Applications/NoMachine.app/Contents/Frameworks/bin/nxexec file? Correct permissions should look like this: -r-sr-xr-x.
tUdspaGe,
Check this article on how to remove NoMachine from terminal:
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