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I am evaluating the NoMachine product to see if it can meet some of our needs. We are looking for a solution similar to Microsoft RDP, but for Linux systems.
I am running “NoMachine Enterprise Desktop Edition Evaluation” on a physical system with the latest stable release of Fedora installed. It is using the Gnome desktop with Wayland.
I am evaluating this product to see if we can use it on some physical headless systems connected to external hardware. We would like to connect when no users are logged in and would not like the local display to show anything.
On my test system (not headless) when I try to connect and no-one is logged on it will not connect (client system is Windows 10 running NoMachine client). When I login the Fedora Linux system locally I can then login remotely, but everything done remotely is viewable locally with a local user able to also control the session. Is there a way to obtain functionality closer to Microsoft RDP where a user can login remotely on a linux system without the display showing everything locally and the console locally being able to control the sessions well as controlling via remote session?
Is this an issue with Gnome Wayland or NoMachine?
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Greg
Hi,
What you most likely need is one of the products from out Terminal Server for Linux range. This will let you run a virtual display (like RDP) even if you are logged in locally, what we call a virtual desktop session. “Workstation” should suffice if you want it for just for yourself, though you can get versions which cater for larger environments. See here for more details: https://www.nomachine.com/comparison-terminal-server-products.
Enterprise Desktop allows you to connect to the physical desktop/display. To connect to the desktop you need to use the same credentials that you would normally use to log in locally. Each user connecting will see the same desktop. If you have a monitor attached to that computer, whoever is sitting in front of it will see what’s on the screen. So you should enable screen-blanking on the host you want to connect to. See here for more details: https://www.nomachine.com/DT10O00155#2.2.
Further reading:
What is the difference between physical desktop connection and virtual desktop connection?
https://www.nomachine.com/AR10K00700
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