Vnc Passwd File / Multiple Independent VNC Connections

[William Hooper]

Carlos Sunden said:
> Ok. Created other users in the system with useradd/passwd
> Edited the vncserver file in /etc/sysconfig to look something like this:
>
> VNCSERVERS="1:jdimpson 2:phred 3:sysadmin"
>
> Then:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/vncserver restart
>
> It shut down my root session & daemon never came back up. I regret doing
> this ; there's no one that can start the vncserver at the console until
> the day after tomorrow.

With is expected:
"If this file doesn't exist [meaning /home/jdimpson/.vnc/passwd], the
jdimpson VNC session wouldn't start."

> The passwd file then only exists for root.

This is the problem.

> ok, Just manually create a
> passwd file in the user's home directories and that would do it?

Yes.

> OR does a
> password has to be written/specified manually in that file?

man vncpasswd

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William Hooper