Jonathan, he was asking about vnc starting automatically at boot, and after
user logging into the vnc session being asked to log into the linux box. I
too would like to know that answer--as this is NOT documented.
Doug.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: require a password to access your desktops
> >If I run the command "vncserver /.vnc/passwd" and then enter my password
I no
> >longer get the above error message and vncserver will start. Is this
> >documented anywhere? I thought you only needed a password to access vnc
not to
> >start it.
>
> Well yes. You need a password to access your desktop. VNC needs to be
> told what password to expect. It can't retrieve the user's UNIX password
> because /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow are one-way crypted. Therefore, the
> first time you start VNC as a new user, it asks you for the password to
> use. You have to run it manually in order to get that prompt.
>
> And yes, this is already documented, if you look hard enough.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
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