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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
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/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.
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