Generating password for NoMachine (Managing User Access)

[Scott]

Hi:

I am using the unregistered (free) version NoMachine (7.7.4) on Windows 10.  I understand that the default setting is to your Windows account password to log in.  I have a situation where the computer user does not have a password (Older Parents) and they do not wish to set one.

I have attempted to use NoMachine DBs for Managing User Access by doing the following:

Edited / Unremarked the lines in server.cfg:

EnableUserDB 1
EnablePasswordDB 1

Restarted:

nxserver --restart

Added a existing windows user “Scott” (without password) to the NX User Database:

nxserver --useradd Scott

Added a password to windows user “scott” in the NX User Database:

nxserver --passwd Scott

Restarted, again:

nxserver --restart

Listed users:

nxserver --userlist

NX> 149 NX users list
Username NX administrator Redirected to Trusted physical for Trusted virtual for Screen sharing Access  Forwarded to
-------- ---------------- ------------- -------------------- ------------------- -------------- ------- ------------
Scott                                                                            enabled        enabled

I attempted to log in, but it is not working.  I get: authentication failed, please try again.

Is what I am trying not possible on the free version? Is it possible to use a preshared key or something like that?

Thanks all for the help!

 

[Britgirl]

Thanks for reporting this. We have reproduced it and inserted a Trouble Report which you can monitor here:

https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/TR11S10403

[Scott]

Thank you for confirming it is a bug.

I see it is scheduled to be fixed in 8.0.x: Due to be solved in: 8.0.x

Do we know a time frame for this release? Is there any known work around?

Is it possible to generate a ssh key? I think NX is the only available login method for the unlicensed free version, correct?

[fisherman]

You can use SSH keys to authenticate using the NX protocol. More information you can find here: AR02L00785 – How to set up key based authentication with NX protocol.

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