[VNC] vncserver 4.1.1 | Fedora 5 | X11 fonts

[Evan Cooch]

Nifty - but the problem with this approach is as you note - its a one 
user logon method. I need to be able to have multiple users be able to 
logon. The fact that your approach points to just a single user passwd 
means it won't work in my case.

Many thanks though...

> Evan Cooch wrote:
>> Sounds intriguing - I'd very much like to know how you did that. If 
>> you think it of general interest, perhaps reply to the list. 
>> Otherwise, to me privately. The differences in X between HREL and 
>> Fedora are pretty striking, and causing me no end of headaches.
>    First, create your VNC password.  This is what the viewer will ask 
> for when you first connect to the server (before it even lets you get 
> to the gdm login screen.)  You can do this with root if you want.  
> Type 'vncpasswd' on FC5.  This will create /root/.vnc/passwd - a file 
> you can then move to anywhere on the system if you so desire.  Mine 
> resides in /etc/vnc/passwd just because.
>
>    Next, open up /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look for the Module section.  
> Add the following to the list:
>
>    Load "vnc"
>
>    Now scroll down and look for the Screen module and just before the 
> EndSection line, add the following:
>
>    Option  "passwordfile" "/path/to/passwd"      (in my case 
> /etc/vnc/passwd)
>
>    Save the file and restart X.  If you're already logged in through 
> X, hitting CTRL-ALT-backspace will kill and restart the X server.
>
>    Now on your remote machine, open up the viewer and go to your 
> server.domain.com.  It will ask you to authenticate with a password 
> which is the one you used earlier with the vncpasswd command.  Once 
> authenticated, it will give you the gdm login screen and you can login 
> as any user.
>
>    Keep in mind that this method is a one user log on method.  
> Everything you do remotely, someone can stand in front of the monitor 
> of the server and watch your every move.  For me it made no difference 
> because no one goes in my office.  But it might for you.  Conversely, 
> you can log in and watch what someone else might be doing on the 
> server.  Sometimes I forget to log out when I leave the office so I 
> come home and log in remotely and find my desktop the way I left it.
>
>    Hope this helps.
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