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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# freenx preinstall script
+# excerpted from alien bob's doinst.sh
+# mixed by ponce <matteo.bernardini@sns.it>
+
+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."