i agree entirely, i'm not fond of the idea of having unnecessary files in
the / dir, the solution i provided earlier was just a quick
get-out-of-trouble, so heres a quick hack to solve the problem of
unnecessary files in the / directory, this does involve changing the startup
scripts so please dont blame me if anything goes wrong:
find the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/vncserver and load it up in an editor (it
should be in this directory - i've only got mandrake installed at the mo but
i'm fairly sure redhat will b the same)
near the top of the file u will see the following two lines:
echo -n "Starting VNC server: "
daemon vncserver
change this 2:
echo -n "Starting VNC server: "
export HOME=/root
daemon vncserver
save it, delete all the uneccessary stuff such as /.Xauthority etc. u can
also get rid of the /.vnc directory now as everything will run out of the
/root directory as it would if u had started the server
manually........reboot and give it a try.......
dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "iandog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: running XVNC at startup in linux
> Ah, Redhat 7.0. Yeah I think you are right about that stuff. I just
> thought that there was a way to use the files in the root dir instead
> of on / . I just thought it was kinda messy to have an .Xauthority file
> in your / dir.
>
> On 17 Jul 2001, at 16:11, dan grundy wrote:
>
> > u dont say which version of linux you are using (i.e. in particular
whether
> > it runs aurora on boot up) - what should happen is that during boot up
when
> > the vncserver service is started it should prompt you to enter the
default
> > password which you would then supply when you try to connect with
whatever
> > vnc client you are using - aurora due to its graphical nature does not
let
> > you see the message requesting the password causing an obvious problem
as to
> > how to enter it.
> >
> > even if your problem is not caused by the above probably the best
solution i
> > can offer you is to try the following:
> >
> > the vnc server service runs as root but puts its configuration files
into
> > /.vnc rather than /root/.vnc
> >
> > so firstly make sure you are logged on as root, then make the directory
> > /.vnc (if one does not already exist)
> >
> > now i am assuming you have a file called /root/.vnc/passwd from having
run
> > the vncserver manually, simply copy this into the /.vnc directory i.e.
cp
> > /root/.vnc/passwd /.vnc/.
> >
> > next its probably best to also copy the file /root/.vnc/xstartup to the
> > /.vnc directory so you get whatever window manager and startup options
you
> > require
> >
> > finally reboot and try to connect using the password you have been
> > previously using when starting the vncserver manually
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > dan
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "iandog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 12:12 AM
> > Subject: Re: running XVNC at startup in linux
> >
> >
> > > Xvnc doesn't seem to like the -passwd arg. is there another way to
> > > change the dir that vnc uses to get its settings. I have tried editing
> > > the vncserver script but to no avail. Without changing the vncserver
> > > script vnc makes a .vnc settings folder on the / dir. any ideas? (I
> > > am using 3.3.3r2 for linux.)
> > >
> > > > try this ...
> > > >
> > > > vncviewer :1 -passwd /root/.vnc/passwd -shared -bgr233 -fullscreen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jeff
> > > > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, iandog wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How do you run the vncserver at startup? I have it so that it runs
> > > > > but it wants for a password to be set. How do i set a pass so that
it
> > > > > will run cleanly at startup? What should I search for if the
answer is
> > > > > in the mailing list archive?
> > > > >
> > > > > ian Lewis
> > > > > http://www.bridgewater.edu/~iml001
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