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@Astring can you elaborate a bit more on what you're trying to achieve? Did you export a configuration file previously and want to import it on another computer?

Is the file readable, i.e. can you run e.g. notepad %source%\user_public_key.pem? What happens if you replace the placeholder with a qualified path?

@Deh-Castro

Veyon uses system and/or domain users so simply log in with your teacher account (which in case of local users should exist on student computers as well). If you don't have domain users, consider using the key file authentication method. See https://docs.veyon.io/en/latest/admin/configuration.html#authentication-methods for more information and a comparison of both methods.

@tobydox Thanks! With that version everything works fine.

Veyon is free and Open Source so you don't have to buy a license. In case you want to use some of the commercial add-ons (such as Internet Access Control or Network Discovery) for extra functionalities, you can buy licenses for these add-ons separately.

You should check the permissions of the key with:

$ ls -al /etc/veyon/keys/private/teacher/key

I recommend installing the Debian package you can download at our website since they are more up to date and contain many bug fixes, especially regarding the server/service on Linux. Our official packages contain all components so you don't need individual packages. If you want to stick with the Debian packages, installing veyon-service is sufficient. You might need veyon-configurator if you want to configure the Veyon installation manually on the hosts. Alternatively use veyon-cli (which is part of the veyon-service package) e.g. to import a configuration file.

@mb-one Our PPA now contains the latest 4.6.0 release which should fix the mentioned issues.

"install the official all-in-one package which can be downloaded from our website"
Is it possible to have the adress of a repository that could be added in /etc/apt/source.list instead of download the package via the website ? (For debian)

@le-mieux The packages provided by the Veyon project always include all components. However if you secured your Veyon installation properly (via proper authentication method and access control configuration) it should not be an issue to have Veyon Master installed on student computers as well since even if students launch it, they won't be able to access computers. Remember that even if you don't install the veyon-master package (which basically only contains the veyon-master binary) smart students will also be able to download the veyon-master binary and run it from their home folder.

Thank you for sharing your solution! The troubles you had might be related to https://github.com/veyon/veyon/issues/761 so until 4.6.1 is released you could try again with computer groups and make sure the nested groups option is not enabled.

Hello, thanks for at least answering, but my question is actually very simple and everyone who uses Veyon had to do the same thing I have to do. Namely establishing a connection to another computer, in this case a network. My question is how can I create a network with several computers so that Veyon can be installed, set up and used. Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with networks. I can do the rest by myself.

@tobydox thanks

That's indeed a strange behavior. Are you using the builtin network object directory, i.e. added the student computers manually in Veyon Configurator? If so, did you enter IP addresses or host names in the host address column?