vncserver generates xauth error on Solaris 7

[Lawrence H. Nitz]

I installed vncserver on a Solaris 7 machine.  Before I can deal with
issues of firewall or ports, I have to be able to start the server.   I
have set permissions on vncserver to world rx for testing purposes.
Once I am sure that I can execute the file, I get the  error 'couldn't
find "xauth" in your PATH.'

After probing the Solaris 7 binary directories, I am persuaded that the
"xauth" program is not installed in an obvious location, although this
was a standard install of the system.  I feel a little stupid with this
problem, because "xauth" seems essential to assigning  permissions to
the user.  vncviewer and vncpasswd work just fine.

What have other Solaris 7 users done to get the vnc server working?

Larry Nitz
University of Hawaii, Political Science


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