Thanks. I'll take a look at the book you recommend. This is the inetd approach, with the behavior that I don't want: VNC is run as root and the sessions are not persistent.
Anon Y Mous wrote: > In OpenSolaris 2008.11, what I think I did (if I remember correctly) was I > edited the /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf to contain this: > > [xdmcp] > Enable=true > [security] > DisallowTCP=false > > > and then I ran this command to enable the xvnc SMF service: > > $ pfexec svcadm enable xvnc-inetd > > and then you need to disable gnome with this command: > > $ pfexec svcadm disable gdm > > and then once gnome is dead and you're at the command line re-enable it with > this command: > > $ pfexec svcadm enable gdm > > I think I got this technique from the OpenSolaris Bible (see link below): > > http://www.amazon.com/OpenSolaris-Bible-Wiley-Nicholas-Solter/dp/0470385480 > > I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of that book if you haven't > already. It contains over a thousand pages of info on doing this kind of > stuff and it's pretty much the primary source where I steal all of my > knowledge from (the Dtrace chapter alone is worth the price of the book). > > Anyway, try those commands and tell me if it works. -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077
