vncserver generates xauth error on Solaris 7

[Peter Tootill]

The only problem I had was making Perl available. It's Saturday and
I'm not in the office, so I can't check our systems.

If you are still having problems, I will check for xauth when I have a
chance (next week is pretty full).

Rgrds

Peter

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> [mailto:owner-vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com]On Behalf Of
> Lawrence H. Nitz
> Sent: 05 January 2000 10:03
> To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Subject: vncserver generates xauth error on Solaris 7
>
>
> 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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