VNCServer configuration

[James Weatherall]

Hi Bruce,

If you don't need your VNC sessions to be persistent then you can create an
xinetd service for VNC server, which will allow a new VNC-based X server to
be created for each incoming VNC Viewer connection.  The user then logs in
using the normal X11 authentication dialogs, and closing the VNC Viewer is
an implicit logout.

If you need persistent VNC sessions per-user, via a single entry point then
this can be achieved using VNC Enterprise Edition in conjunction with the
VNC Session Manager.  The Session Manager receives VNC Viewer connections &
authenticates users using their normal Unix logon credentials in order to
route them through to their existing VNC X server(s), or to create a new VNC
X server for them.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of bruce
> Sent: 18 June 2007 20:34
> To: 'Alex Pelts'
> Cc: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: VNCServer configuration
> 
> hi...
> 
> there's still a confusion.
> 
> i have a linux box:
> i have vncserver running on the box
> i want to have multiple users be able to remotely access the
>  server using vnc
> 
> 
> how can this be accomplished?
> 
> normally, you need to know the "port" in use for the 
> vncserver session. if
> you have mulitple users, each user won't know the port to use 
> when logging
> in.
> 
> also, how do you setup vncserver to use the underlying system 
> user/passwd...
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com]On
> Behalf Of Alex Pelts
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 8:26 PM
> To: bruce
> Cc: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: VNCServer configuration
> 
> 
> Vnc does not work like this. You will need to run multiple 
> instances of
> vnc server, which is X server. This will quickly bring performance of
> your host down.
> Vnc designed to access one instance of X server remotely it is nothing
> like a windows terminal server as far as user environment is 
> concerned.
> It is more like XP remote desktop.
> 
> With vnc EE you can use unix login facilities so your users will have
> same password for vnc as they have for the rest of the system.
> What ever you are trying to do is not efficient with vnc but it can be
> done by starting multiple vnc servers and giving each user his own.
> 
> Alex
> 
> bruce wrote:
> > Hi..
> >
> > I'm trying to figure out how to setup VNC Server on linux 
> boxes, so that I
> > can have users login, who can then access their own instance of the
> server.
> > This would require that they be able to log in without 
> knowing the port
> > before logging in... I don't want the user to mix their 
> session with the
> > session of someone else... Also, how do i go about 
> configuring the system,
> > so the user can use their own system login user/passwd...
> >
> > thanks
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