Install nxserver
yum install nx freenx
cd /etc/nxserver
cp node.conf.sample node.conf
vi node.conf
Ensure that this line is not commented out:
ENABLE_PASSDB_AUTHENTICATION="1"
Setup NX Server
vi…
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