I tried that setup, and couldn't get it to work on RedHat 7.3. I finally just went back to the default installation.
------------------------------ BENJAMIN J. WEISS Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation MIS Division Software R&D Branch Manager -----Original Message----- From: David Colliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: starting Xvnc at boot time as non root user I guess you haven't seen the setup on my site then, the one that Beerse Corne has mentioned on nearly every message he answers. http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp Regards. Dave Colliver. ~~ All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Collectible dolls from http://www.collectorsdolls.com Web design? Web hosting? http://www.revilloc.com is the answer. Tips, tricks and articles for programmers of all languages on http://www.sourcecodecorner.com Planning a wedding? http://www.bmcweddings.com Advertise your car for free on http://www.drivingseat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norris Pouhovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:23 PM Subject: starting Xvnc at boot time as non root user > Hi Everybody, > > I was writing this email hoping to catch an eye of the FAQ maintainer > for the VNC. > I had been looking for a way of starting a vnc server at boot time under > linux (*nix) automatically. > And while I could find only information on how to do this with the Xvnc > started as a root user process I could not find any information as to > how to start a number of Xvnc servers for many different users. > Well, I have figured it out on my own, and thought I should send this > in. > > Here is an example init.d script that performs the task: > > /etc/init.d/vnc.userwho > > # !/bin/sh > > # 2002/08/29 (np) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # Created this startup script to automatically start a vnc server > # for a particular user at a particular display number when the server > is restarted > > RUNASUSER=userwho > VNCID=1 > VNCSERVER=/usr/X11R6/bin/vncserver > SUDO=/usr/bin/sudo > > test -x $VNCSERVER || exit 0 > test -x $SUDO || exit 0 > > # See how we were called. > case "$1" in > start) > $SUDO -H -u $RUNASUSER $VNCSERVER -depth 16 -geometry 1024x768 > :$VNCID > ;; > stop) > $VNCSERVER -kill :$VNCID > rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix/X$VNCID > ;; > force-reload) > $0 restart > ;; > restart) > $0 stop > sleep 60 > $0 start > ;; > status) > echo "" > echo "Status" > ps -uxw --user $RUNASUSER | grep Xvnc > ;; > *) > echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|force-reload|restart|status}" > exit 1 > esac > > exit 0 > > > P.S. > Perhaps it is a trivial task for most *nix admins, however it was not a > trivial task for me, and I believe it would be usefull information for > other vnc users who may not be as experienced *nix admins as others. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
