Linux Networking Cookbook

8.9. Creating Additional Nxclient Sessions

Problem

You have several remote Linux machines that you want to log in to. How do you set up additional Nxclient sessions?

Solution

Run the NX Connection Wizard every time you want to create a new session. On Windows, run Start → NX Client For Windows → NX Connection Wizard.

On Linux , Solaris, and Mac OS X, run /usr/NX/bin/nxclient--wizard.

You can create a new desktop shortcut for each one, and it will also populate the drop-down menu in the Nxclient login screen with the name of each new session.

Discussion

Nxclient comes with all the fixings to create menu and desktop icons, even on Linux. Whether they will actually be installed depends on your chosen Linux distribution.

See Also

• Run /usr/bin/nxserver--help as root to see all server commands

• NoMachine's Support Center:

  http://www.nomachine.com/support.php

• NX Server System Administrator's Guide:

  http://www.nomachine.com/documentation/admin-guide.php

• Monitoring Nxclient Sessions With NX Session Administrator

Problem

You want to monitor and control your Nxclient sessions—start new ones, stop existing ones, view logs, collect statistics, and monitor performance. How do you do this?

Solution

Use the NX Session Administrator, which comes with Nxclient. On Windows clients, look for the NX Session Administrator shortcut.

On Linux , Mac OS X, and Solaris, run /usr/NX/bin/nxclient--admin.

Using it is self-explanatory; just check out the different menus. The Session menu is interesting—here, you can see all the logs, ...