----- Original Message ----- From: "George Gambill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: Automatically Starting VNC-server
> Correct me if I am wrong or missing a better way. > > It seems that if I start vncserver from root (RH8), I must use the root > password to start vncviewer (Windows 2000). > If I start vncserver from user1 (RH8), I must use the user1 password to > start vncviewer (Windows 2000). Yes (makes sense, each user has their own password) > I infer from this that someone needs to be logged in the server to start > vncserver. Did I miss something? Not really. What version of VNC are you using? If it is the one that comes with Redhat check out "/etc/sysconfig/vncservers". If not the scripts and config files for starting VNC from init are floating around the net. > Assuming the above is true, is there a way to start vncserver automatically > when user1 logs in? > > If the above is not a valid assumption, what is the best way? > > Thanks in advance. > > George You could also look at the xinetd method mentioned by the other poster, but you lose persistent connections. -- William Hooper 98% of all statistics is useless ! _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
