Section 0: vncpasswd.real



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vncpasswd(1)    Virtual Network Computing X server   vncpasswd(1)


NAME

vncpasswd - creating and changing password files to be used with VNC

SYNOPSIS

vncpasswd [file]

DESCRIPTION

vncpasswd should be used to create and change passwords for the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) server authentifi- cation.

EXAMPLES

vncpasswd Invoke vncpasswd and create or change the default password file. vncpasswd /tmp/foo Invoke vncpasswd and create or change the pass- word in file /tmp/foo.

OVERVIEW

Xvnc is a free X server that can be used to display and control X sessions platform independent over the network. To connect to a VNC X server, the client viewer will request a password from the user. This password will be compared with the password in the file specified with the -rfbauth option to the VNC server. The password has to be longer than five characters. Only the first eight characters are significant. If the pass- word is too short or if the password file can't be opened for writing, the program will abort and exit with error code 1.

DEFAULTS

vncpasswd without a command line argument will look for a $vncPasswdFile variable in /etc/vnc.conf and in ~/.vncrc. If this is found, the password in the specified file will be changed. If not, the password file to be changed or created will default to ~/.vnc/passwd.

OPTIONS

file The password file to create or change.

FILES

3.3.1 March 16th, 1998 1 vncpasswd(1) Virtual Network Computing X server vncpasswd(1) /etc/vnc.conf, ~/.vncrc This files will be scanned for $vncPasswdFile. The last occurence specifies the password file to cre- ate or change. If no variable with this name is found and no filename on the command line speci- fied, the default name will be used (see above). SEE ALSO vncserver(1x), Xvnc(1x), vnc.conf(5).

AUTHOR

1998 - Originally written by Marcus Brinkmann (Mar- cus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) for the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution. 3.3.1 March 16th, 1998 2