How to provide password to vncviewer inside an application or script?

["Beerse, Corné"]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shin Lee [mailto:shinlee28@mail.usa.com]
> 
> Does any of you know how to pass a plain-text password to 
> vncviewer without using 'expect'?  I try to incorporate 
> vncviewer inside an existing application.  Currently, the 
> application has a textbox for user to entering the password 
> and then I grab the password after the user clicks a button.
> Once I have the password, I try to pass it to the vncviewer 
> using stdin but the vncviewer doesn't like it.  Does anyone 
> know why? Any help would be appreciated!
> 

Depending on the platform of your viewer, you have some options:

- Create a *.vnc file from a running viewer. It's an editable file. Now
start new viewers with `vncviewer /config configfile.vnc`
- Use the -passwd option to vncviewer, read the docs on how to do that.
- remove the password from the server, this also removes the password
question from the viewer.


Success 
CBee