NoMachine "forgets/ignores" local groups assigned via /etc/security/group.conf

[henrik]

Hi,

We have installed the enterprise version on a Linux computer (Ubuntu server 14.04 with KDE desktop). We use an LDAP server for user authentication. As soon as user log into the server they are added to  local groups ( in our case “fuse” and vgluser) using “*;*;*;Al0000-2400;fuse,vglusers” in “/etc/security/group.conf“. This works perfectly for ssh logins and also for local logins, but not for users logging into the system by spawning a NoMachine virtual desktop (happens for both KDE or console only). The local groups are ignored. If I want to make sure that LDAP users are assigned to local groups in the NoMachine session,  I must explicitly add them to  “/etc/group” which is a rather bad solution.

Did anyone experienced a similar problem? Any ideas?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Best,

Henrik
Server:   NoMachine Enterprise Server Subscription – Version 4.2.27 on Ubuntu 14.04

Client: Ubuntu 14.04, Windows 7. Both with most recent Free version of NoMachine client

Problem occurs with both “KDE desktop” and “console only” virtual display

[Cato]

Hello henrik,

Unfortunately, assigning LDAP users to local groups, using pam_group module is currently not supported.
We created TR:  https://www.nomachine.com/TR08L04515 and are going to deal with this issue.

Thanks for reporting.

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