oops... I slightly erred. The mdk xvncviewer is still broken. I instead have been using the tridiavnc xvncviewer which installed under the executable runvncviewer. That one works fine. --- SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I have found a strange way to make the mdk > vnc > function nicely. > > the problem I have had with vnc mandrake has been > the > fact that the xvncviewer password was not encrypted > when you input it so that anyone could read your > password on the screen as you type it. It also did > not > work and would kick out. That is pretty ugly... > everyone can read your password and the program > won't > run anyway. This problem does not exist in console > mode. > > My first work around was to uninstall mdk vnc and > replace it with redhat 7.1 vnc. This version > functioned properly and had a wonderful feature. It > would allow you to automatically run multiple vnc > sessions from multiple accounts as a service so that > it can be started at boot. This version has a > different /etc/init.d/vncserver and > /usr/bin/vncserver > script and a new config file called > /etc/sysconfig/vncservers (where you tell it which > user:port you want the service to start/stop). > Unfortunately the redhat version does not have zlib > or > tight encryption patched in. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr > > Sooooo, I backed up the three redhat files mentioned > above and uninstalled the redhat version, then > installed mdk version and then overwrote mdk's > vncserver files with redhat's. I also recreated the > /etc/sysconfig/vncservers from > /etc/sysconfig/vncservers.rpmsave which was > automatically created during the redhat uninstall. > > Now I have a full featured, working vnc utilizing > the > best of both worlds! > > ===== > SI Reasoning > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > gnupg/pgp key id 035213BC > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] gnupg/pgp key id 035213BC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
