VMware Horizon Client 4.6 User Guide
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User
Guide
Modified on 21 SEP 2017
VMware Horizon Client for Linux 4.6
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide
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Contents
VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide 5
How Do I Log In? 7
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Connecting to Remote Desktops and Applications 9
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Seing the Certicate Checking Mode in Horizon Client 9
Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application 10
Connect to Published Applications Using Unauthenticated Access 11
Log O or Disconnect 12
Using Remote Desktops and Applications 15
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Share Access to Local Folders and Drives with Client Drive Redirection 15
Internationalization 17
Copying and Pasting Text 17
Saving Documents in a Remote Application 17
Switch Desktops or Applications 18
Using External Devices 19
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Keyboards and Monitors 19
Connect USB Devices 21
Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones 23
Set Printing Preferences for a Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop 24
Troubleshooting Horizon Client 27
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Restart a Remote Desktop 27
Reset a Remote Desktop or Remote Applications 28
Uninstall Horizon Client for Linux 28
Problems with Keyboard Input 29
What to Do If Horizon Client Exits Unexpectedly 29
Connecting to a Server in Workspace ONE Mode 29
Index 31
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This document, VMware Horizon Client for Linux User Guide, explains how to use VMware Horizon® Client™
for Linux to connect to and use remote desktops and applications.
For information about the software installed on your remote desktops, contact your system administrator.
This document assumes that Horizon Client for Linux is already installed and congured on your client
system. For information about installing and conguring Horizon Client for Linux, see the VMware Horizon
Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide document.
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How Do I Log In? 1
Before you can log in and connect to a remote desktop or application, a system administrator at your
company must set up your user account. If your system administrator has not set up your user account, you
cannot use Horizon Client or HTML Access.
If Horizon Client prompts you for a server name and domain name, your system administrator must tell
you the server name to type and domain to select. At some companies, Horizon Client automatically
connects to the correct server and selects the correct domain for you.
If you do not know your user name or password or how to reset your password, contact the system
administrator at your company.
When you are ready to log in and get started, see “Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application,” on
page 10.
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Connecting to Remote Desktops and
Applications 2
You can use Horizon Client to connect to remote desktops and applications.
This chapter includes the following topics:
“Seing the Certicate Checking Mode in Horizon Client,” on page 9
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“Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application,” on page 10
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“Connect to Published Applications Using Unauthenticated Access,” on page 11
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“Log O or Disconnect,” on page 12
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Setting the Certificate Checking Mode in Horizon Client
You can determine whether client connections are rejected if any or some server certicate checks fail by
conguring a seing in Horizon Client.
N At some companies, an administrator might set the default certicate verication mode and prevent
end users from changing it in Horizon Client.
Certicate checking occurs for SSL connections between the server and Horizon Client. Certicate
verication includes the following checks:
Is the certicate intended for a purpose other than verifying the identity of the sender and encrypting
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server communications? That is, is it the correct type of certicate?
Has the certicate expired, or is it valid only in the future? That is, is the certicate valid according to
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the computer clock?
Does the common name on the certicate match the host name of the server that sends it? A mismatch
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can occur if a load balancer redirects Horizon Client to a server that has a certicate that does not match
the host name entered in Horizon Client. Another reason a mismatch can occur is if you enter an IP
address rather than a host name in the client.
Is the certicate signed by an unknown or untrusted certicate authority (CA)? Self-signed certicates
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are one type of untrusted CA.
To pass this check, the certicate's chain of trust must be rooted in the device's local certicate store.
In addition to presenting a server certicate, the server also sends a certicate thumbprint to Horizon Client.
The thumbprint is a hash of the certicate public key and is used as an abbreviation of the public key. If the
server does not send a thumbprint, you see a warning that the connection is untrusted.
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If your Horizon administrator has allowed it, you can set the certicate checking mode. To set the certicate
checking mode, start Horizon Client and select File > Preferences from the menu bar. You have three
choices:
Never connect to untrusted servers. If any of the certicate checks fails, the client cannot connect to the
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server. An error message lists the checks that failed.
Warn before connecting to untrusted servers. If a certicate check fails because the server uses a self-
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signed certicate, you can click Continue to ignore the warning. For self-signed certicates, the
certicate name is not required to match the server name you entered in Horizon Client.
Do not verify server identity . This seing means that no certicate checking occurs.
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Connect to a Remote Desktop or Application
After logging in to a server, you can connect to the remote desktops and applications that you are
authorized to use.
If your administrator has allowed it, you can congure the certicate checking mode for the SSL certicate
presented by Connection Server. To determine which mode to use, see “Seing the Certicate Checking
Mode in Horizon Client,” on page 9.
If you want to use an account congured with unauthenticated access to launch published applications, see
“Connect to Published Applications Using Unauthenticated Access,” on page 11 for information.
Prerequisites
Obtain the following information from your View administrator:
Instructions about whether to turn on a VPN (virtual private network) connection.
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Server name to use for connecting to the server.
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If the port is not 443, the port number to use for connecting to the server.
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Credentials to log in, such as an Active Directory user name and password, RSA SecurID user name
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and passcode, RADIUS authentication user name and passcode, or smart card personal identication
number (PIN).
Domain name for logging in.
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Procedure
1 If a VPN connection is required, turn on the VPN.
2 Either open a terminal window and enter vmware-view or search the applications for VMware Horizon
Client, and double-click the icon.
3 If you are prompted for RSA SecurID credentials or RADIUS authentication credentials, enter the user
name and passcode and click OK.
4 If you are prompted for a user name and password, supply Active Directory credentials.
a Type the user name and password of a user who is entitled to use at least one desktop or
application pool.
If the Domain drop-down menu is disabled, you must type the user name as domain\username or
username@domain.
b (Optional) Select a domain value from the Domain drop-down menu.
c Click OK.
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