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Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon Client for Linux
- System Requirements and Installation
- System Requirements for Linux Client Systems
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Installation Options
- Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads
- Install Horizon Client for Linux from the Ubuntu Software Center
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Configuration Files
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Specific Keys and Key Combinations to Send to the Local System
- Using FreeRDP for RDP Connections
- Enabling FIPS Mode
- Configuring the PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Managing Remote Desktop and Application Connections
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Linux System
- Feature Support Matrix for Linux
- Internationalization
- Keyboards and Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Saving Documents in a Remote Application
- Set Printing Preferences for the Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop
- Copying and Pasting Text
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Configuring USB Redirection on the Client
- Index
In addition to meeting these requirements for Horizon Client systems, other View components must meet
certain conguration requirements to support smart cards:
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For information about conguring Connection Server to support smart card use, see "Seing Up Smart
Card Authentication" in the View Administration document.
You must add all applicable Certicate Authority (CA) certicates for all trusted user certicates to a
server truststore le on the Connection Server host or security server host. These certicates include
root certicates and must include intermediate certicates if the user's smart card certicate was issued
by an intermediate certicate authority.
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For information about tasks you might need to perform in Active Directory to implement smart card
authentication, see "Seing Up Smart Card Authentication" in the View Administration document.
Enabling the Username Hint Field in Horizon Client
In some environments, smart card users can use a single smart card certicate to authenticate to multiple
user accounts. Users enter their user name in the Username hint eld during smart card sign-in.
To make the Username hint eld appear on the Horizon Client login dialog box, you must enable the smart
card user name hints feature for the Connection Server instance in View Administrator. The smart card user
name hints feature is supported only with Horizon 7 version 7.0.2 and later servers and agents. For
information about enabling the smart card user name hints feature, see "Seing Up Smart Card
Authentication" in the View Administration document.
If your environment uses an Access Point appliance rather than a security server for secure external access,
you must congure the Access Point appliance to support the smart card user name hints feature. The smart
card user name hints feature is supported only with Access Point 2.7.2 and later. For information about
enabling the smart card user name hints feature in Access Point, see the Deploying and Conguring Access
Point document.
N Horizon Client still supports single-account smart card certicates when the smart card user name
hints feature is enabled.
Configure Horizon Client for Smart Card Authentication
You must perform certain conguration steps to use a smart card in Horizon Client.
Prerequisites
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Install Horizon Client.
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(Optional) To make the Username hint eld appear in the Horizon Client login dialog box, enable the
smart card user name hints feature in Connection Server. For more information, see "Seing Up Smart
Card Authentication" in the View Administration document.
Procedure
1 Create the folder /usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11.
2 Create a symbol link to the pkcs11 library, which is used for smart card authentication.
For example, run the following command:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/pkcs11/libgtop11dotnet.so
/usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11
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