#!/usr/bin/bash # freenx preinstall script # excerpted from alien bob's doinst.sh # mixed by ponce set -e if ! /sbin/pidof sshd >/dev/null ; then echo "" echo "WARNING: The SSH daemon is not running, but without SSH, NX will not work." fi if ! which nc 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then echo "" echo "WARNING: FreeNX needs the 'netcat' program to be installed." fi if ! which expect 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then echo "" echo "WARNING: FreeNX needs the 'expect' program to be installed." fi # create the $HOME/.ssh directory for the nx user and give it 700 permission. mkdir -p /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh chmod 700 /var/lib/nxserver/home/.ssh # create the nx user and group groupadd -g 243 nx useradd -m -d /var/lib/nxserver/home -s /usr/bin/nxserver -u 243 -g 243 nx # assign the nx user a random password of 30 alphanumeric chars to avoid problems # with unlocking: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackware:nx usermod -p $(echo $RANDOM$(date)$RANDOM | md5sum | cut -b 2-32) nx passwd -u nx 1>/dev/null echo "nx user/group added."