> -----Original Message----- > From: roland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > can someone tell my, why vnc has introduced an extra password for vnc > authentication ? > I wonder why I must set it separately - why cant`t Xvnc > authenticate my > session password > via standard kernel routines aganinst my user-account > (/etc/shadow...) ?
With setup as on http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp, the vnc-password is obsoleted (and removed) and the unix password is used. > Is it, because password hashing is done on the client side > and there is no > way for Xvnc to > crypt/md5 that password for comparison against the shadow-password? > since there is modification for windows vnc server to > authenticate against > NT Domain I wonder if > there is a similar feature in Xvnc (auth. against unix password) ? It should be verry easy to implement since the vnc security is based on the unix security. I think it is just a change of parameter (fetch the password from the system, not from ~/.vnc/vncpassword) and off you go. WARNING: if used over public networks, you have your password flying around with a not so good encryptoin... CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
