I am not sure exactly how with the current version of VNC, what I use is
rather old (3.3.2 on Linux), so the details may be a little different.
Also, I don't run OpenView (no Sun), so the exact window manager invocation
may be a little different..
First, you would install both VNC server and VNC client on the Sun machine.
Assign a password for VNC, using vncpasswd. This is NOT a user password, it
is a password to connect to VNC.
Modify the VNC server perl script for your use. Probably, all you will need
to change is the $defaultXStartup code towards the top of the file. The
version I have runs xrdb, xsetroot, xterm, and a window manager (twm). Look
through the archives of this list, someone may have put in a version which
runs open view.
Launch this server. If this server is running on the machine
"mozhdeh.cisco.com", and there IS an X server running, and there are no
other VNC servers running, it will probably be server :1, the vncviewer
string would be something like: "vncviewer -shared mozhdeh.cisco.com:1".
The server will tell you the string to use when you start it (my server says
"New 'X' desktop is warrior:1"), my command would be "vncviewer -shared
warrior:1". The -shared is required to allow everyone to connect to the
same desktop. Everyone running this command will be prompted for passwords,
use the one entered above, and you should then be able to share the same
"desktop". Note that this client will then show up as a window on
everyone's workstations/PCs. The clients can be Unix or Windows clients, it
doesn't matter.
I hope this helps.
Dave
> ----------
> From: Mozhdeh Malakan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Clarification - pcanywhere functionality
>
> please share the commands to accomplish this. I don't know how to do this.
> thank you
>
> At 10:52 AM 04/02/2001 -0700, Dave Gotwisner wrote:
> >Here is a suggestion. Let your users run X, as they normally would, and
> run
> >a VNC client application on their desktop to connect to a VNC server
> (which
> >may also be on their same machine). Shadow that VNC server by running a
> VNC
> >client on your desktop. Run the Unix application in the VNC desktop,
> which
> >is within both of your desktops.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Mozhdeh Malakan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:48 AM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Clarification - pcanywhere functionality
> >>
> >> hello everyone,
> >>
> >> thanks to all who wrote. yes I am trying to snoop and display what is
> >> happening on another unix box. we are not going to spy on other users,
> >> just trying to teach people who are don't know the particular unix
> >> application.
> >>
> >> here is the clarification: run an application like HP Openview on
> solaris
> >> box and remotely just connect to that unix box and all the HP Openview
> >> GUIes gets displayed on the remote machine and what ever someone is
> doing
> >> on Sun box gets displayed on the VNC client. what we don't want to do
> is
> >> to use PC with VNC and start the OpenView there. we are going to take
> PC
> >> user as just someone who watches the action. Someone else on unix box
> >> will move cursors and work with Openview and all the activities gets
> >> displayed on PC box.
> >>
> >> thank you very much.
> >> mozhdeh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 05:49 AM 03/31/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >> >A windows box only runs one gui session and is not a
> >> >multiuser environment in the same way that Unix is. A
> >> >Unix box can run many X Windows sessions. So, if you
> >> >have a vncserver running on a windows box, there is
> >> >only one gui for it to "watch" so to speak. Becuase X
> >> >is not so tightly coupled to the Unix OS, when you
> >> >start a vncserver on Unix it is really starting it's
> >> >own X session separate and discreet from any other X
> >> >session on the box. It is possible to "snoop" an
> >> >Xsession or vnc session. Are you trying to see what
> >> >the users are doing? That seems like an invasion of
> >> >privacy to me. :-(
> >> >
> >> >--- Mozhdeh Malakan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> You have advertised the similar functionality as
> >> >> PCanywhere, and my boss want me to make this work.
> >> >> what he likes is to have all activities that someone
> >> >> does on unix box gets displayed remotely on the VNC
> >> >> client box which is a PC.
> >> >>
> >> >> we have solaris boxes and I have installed VNC on
> >> >> them; however the VNC viewer doesn't bring the GUIes
> >> >> that are running on solaris box in to a PC window.
> >> >> is this possible?
> >> >>
> >> >> From a PC with VNC viewer I can connect to unix box
> >> >> and start any application with its own Gui that I
> >> >> like; however we are looking for an interactive
> >> >> functionality that PCanywhere brings, which captures
> >> >> all the windows from one PC into another PC.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you very much.
> >> >> mozhdeh
> >> >>
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