Luxembourg, October 4th, 2023

NoMachine makes available updated packages for version 8 to fix issues affecting earlier versions and provide some minor enhancements including improvements to output of list of nodes and groups by pairing the node name and its UUID, permitting the nxegl component to write logs in the directory specified in UsersDirectoryPath key.

We made the decision to upgrade OpenSSL libraries to v. 1.1.1w to sport fixes for CVE-2023-4807 and CVE-2023-3817, albeit not exploitable through NoMachine. We also imported the fix for CVE-2023-5217 into libvpx.

Issues which are fixed in this release include problems with automatic recordings, node groups no longer synchronized after the upgrade of the Cloud Server and sudden termination of a Linux custom session when KDE-Plasma is installed.

The complete list of fixes included in this 8.9.1 release are:

TR01T10433 - Uninstalling NoMachine on Windows fails when using the SYSTEM account
TR02R09553 - The remote desktop is not locked with the native lock screen when the 'root' user is physically logged-in
TR02U10776 - Black screen occurs after logout from XFCE desktop running in a custom session
TR05U10851 - The nx user appears in the list of users allowed to unlock the disk FileVault is enabled
TR05U10874 - Cannot open a Flatpak application on Linux when a NoMachine server installed
TR07U10954 - Cannot set ultra-wide custom resolutions in web sessions
TR07U10957 - The nxserver process hangs while reading data from backend db with a large amount of data
TR08U10960 - Virtual desktops started from command line are counted in the connections limit counter
TR08U10961 - ETS reports a misleading error when the desktop environment cannot start on the node because of d-bus limits reached
TR08U10968 - Audio forwarding on SuSE SLES stops working after some hours
TR08U10972 - The nxnode.bin process uses 100% of all cores when the remote screen on Wayland is in power save mode
TR08U10973 - Automatic recordings of local desktop are not saved
TR08U10978 - Automatic recording doesn't work for AD domain users
TR08U10980 - A write error on the UDP socket can cause the termination of the nxd service
TR08U10982 - Sudden termination of a custom session when kde-plasma-desktop is installed
TR08U10987 - Local and remote printers are no longer listed in the client UI after CUPS has been
reinstalled on server side
TR08U10988 - Node groups are no longer synchronized after the upgrade of Enterprise Terminal Server Cluster
TR08U10991 - The user cannot logout from a virtual desktop via web when 'Save this password' is selected
TR08U10993 - On Windows, pressing right-ctrl locks the control key on
TR09U10998 - Rules associated to a node are left when the node is deleted
TR10T10636 - Cannot change port 4000 for nxd via UI after the upgrade to v8
TR11Q09479 - The 'nxserver --startmode' command reports wrong information when Upstart is in use
TR12T10712 - Nodes become unreachable when the ClientMenuConfiguration key is set

Supported Platforms

Windows 32-bit/64-bit Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022

Mac OS X Intel 64-bit 10.9 to 10.11/macOS Intel 10.12 to 13/macOS Apple Silicon 11/12/13

Linux 32-bit and 64-bit
RHEL 6.0 to RHEL 9
CentOS 6.0 to CentOS 8.5
SLED 11 to SLED 15
SLES 11 to SLES 15
openSUSE 11.x to openSUSE 15.x
Fedora 10 to Fedora 38
Debian 5 to Debian 12
Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 22.04

Raspberry Pi 2/3/4 ARMv6/ARMv7/ARMv8

Important Notice

In NoMachine version 8, UPnP/NAT-PMP is disabled by default in the Free Edition. To get access to your computer over the internet, NoMachine's UPnP/NAT-PMP port mapping must be enabled by hand ('Server settings -> Ports' -> Select the service and click on Configure); or alternatively, your router can be configured with the appropriate port-forwarding rule. When port-mapping/port-forwarding is enabled, remote NoMachine connections, including connection requests from guests via the new Guest Desktop Sharing feature will be possible.

Download NoMachine Packages

You can download the latest packages suitable for your Operating System from the NoMachine Web site at the following URL:

https://www.nomachine.com/download

Customers with valid subscriptions should log in to their customer area and download the appropriate server package(s) for their subscription(s) from the 'Product Downloads' section.

Automatic updates

The automatic check for updates is scheduled to check our repositories every two days.

To update the free NoMachine package:

• - Open the NoMachine User Interface from your Programs Menu.
• - From the Machines panel click on 'Settings', then on 'Server' and finally on 'Updates'.
• - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

To update the NoMachine Enterprise Client immediately:

• - Click on 'Settings', from the Player panel click 'Updates'.
• - Then click on the 'Check now' button.

More information about the check for automatic updates is available here:

https://www.nomachine.com/AR05M00847

Manual package installation or update

Please follow the instructions to install the package or update your installation manually:

On Windows:

• - Download and save the EXE file.
• - Double click on the NoMachine executable file.
• - The Setup Wizard will take you through all steps necessary for installing or updating NoMachine.

On macOS:

• - Download and save the DMG file.
• - Double-click on the Disk Image to open it and double-click on the NoMachine program icon.
• - The Installer will take you through through all steps necessary for installing or updating NoMachine.

On Linux:

You can use the graphical package manager provided by your Linux distribution or update NoMachine by command line by following instructions below. If you don't have the sudo utility installed, log on as superuser ("root") and run the commands without sudo.

RPM

• - Download and save the RPM file.
• - Install the package by running:
  # rpm -ivh <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.rpm
  or
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
• # rpm -Uvh <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.rpm

DEB

• - Download and save the DEB file.
• - Install the package by running:
  $ sudo dpkg -i <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.deb
  or
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
• $ sudo dpkg -i <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.deb

TAR.GZ

• - Download and save the TAR.GZ file.
• - Install the package by running:
  $ cd /usr
  $ sudo tar xvzf <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.tar.gz
  $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --install
  or
• - Update your NoMachine installation by running:
  • $ cd /usr
  • $ sudo tar xvzf <pkgName>_<pkgVersion>_<arch>.tar.gz
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver --update
• If you are installing Enterprise Client or Node run respectively:
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxclient --update
  • $ sudo /usr/NX/nxnode --update

Documents

Installation and configuration guides for the NoMachine products are available at:

https://www.nomachine.com/all-documents

The NoMachine Development Team