Installation

Install NoMachine locally on the remote machine rather than into the shared /util filesystem. Among other things, NoMachine will run as a daemon and will depend on a local nx account in the passwd file that has dependencies in the local hosts's /etc and /var directories:

nx:x:253:58654::/var/NX/nx:/etc/NX/nxserver

1. Follow the standard NoMachine installation procedure (below). Install the codebase into /usr/local/NX.
2. Modify the NX server config file by setting these values:

   
   % sudo vi /usr/local/NX/etc/server.cfg
   
   PhysicalDesktopAuthorization 0
   StartNXDaemon Automatic
   
   

   Verify that the NX installer's userid isn't set as the default owner of every display:

   
   #
   # When 'CreateDisplay' is enabled, specify the display owner and let
   # NoMachine create the new display without querying the user. If the
   # server supports only one concurrent connection, the connecting user
   # must be the display owner set in this key.
   #
   #DisplayOwner ""
   #DisplayOwner cwmiller
   
   

Administrative Tasks

# Restart the nxd daemon
% sudo /usr/local/NX/bin/nxserver --restart nxd

References

1. https://www.nomachine.com/DT02O00124#2.7.
2. https://www.nomachine.com/AR11O00944