November 2007
Beginner
642 pages
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English
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8.6. Watching Nxclient Users from the FreeNX Server
Problem
You want a central management console to keep an eye on who is logged in to your FreeNX server. You want to be able to terminate sessions, view user histories, and send vitally important messages to users.
Solution
Use /usr/bin/nxserver. You can see who is currently logged in:
# nxserver --list
NX> 100 NXSERVER - Version 1.5.0-50 OS (GPL)
NX> 127 Sessions list:
Display Username Remote IP Session ID
------- --------------- --------------- --------------------------------
1003 carla 192.168.1.17 1D0FB6F2759E350067E911D245E9
1001 pinball 192.168.1.19 64A6BBAE7E9BDD8BC79EE5FCAB
NX> 999 ByeView user history:
# nxserver --history pinball
NX> 100 NXSERVER - Version 1.5.0-50 OS (GPL)
NX> 127 Session list:
Display Username Remote IP Session ID Date
Status
------- --------------- --------------- -------------------------------- ------------
------- -----------
1000 pinball 192.168.1.17 B5870BA4DF456E9126B0561402 2006-12-14 04:25:06
Finished
1001 pinball 192.168.1.17 64A6BBAE7E9BDB1C79EE5FCAB 2006-12-18 09:56:12
Running
NX> 999 Byepinball is being a pain, so you want to kick her off the server. You may terminate a single session, using the session ID:
# nxserver --terminate 64A6BBAE7E9BDB1C79EE5FCABOr, you can knock all of pinball's sessions offline with her username:
# nxserver --terminate pinball
You may send messages to single users, or to all users:
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