> I strongly advise against trying to run a VNC server with no password.
> That should never be an option. It's one thing to save the password for
> your personal viewer but it's not wize at all to open that up to the
> whole world.
Would it mean that running the server with no password, would allow access
to everyone who
- knows the IP address of the machine running the server,
- knows its port, and
- can physically access the machine (i.e. using ping)
to also access my session? In this case, you are right - I've thought about
it, and this would indeed be too dangerous.
> The /password switch isn't available for all flavors of VNC
> server. Do
> a vncviewer /? To check yours.
This is what it says (I'm using vncviewer on Windows XP):
VNC Viewer 4.0 - VNC Viewer for Win32, Version 4.0
Built on Jun 15 2004 at 14:29:29
Copyright b RealVNC Ltd. 2002-2004
usage: vncviewer <options> <hostname>[:<display>]
Command-line options:
-help - Provide usage information.
-config <file> - Load connection settings from VNCViewer
3.3 settings file
-console - Run with a console window visible.
<setting>=<value> - Set the named configuration parameter.
(Parameter values specified on the command-line override those specified by
other configuration methods.)
Log names:
TcpSocket, RegConfig, MsgWindow, CKeyboard, DIBSection, CPointer, Clipboard, M
onitorInfo, DynamicFn, DeviceContext, WMShatter, AboutDialog, PropSheet, Dialog,
Registry, SMsgWriter, Threading, VncAuth, Cursor, PixelBuffer, CConnection, Con
fig, main, Options, Info, CViewManager, CView
Log destinations:
file
stdout
stderr
Parameters:
ZlibLevel - Zlib compression level (default=-1)
Log - Specifies which log output should be directed to which target
logger, and the level of output to log. Format is
<log>:<target>:<level>[, ...]. (default=*:stderr:0)
Listen - Accept incoming connections from VNC servers. (default=0)
MenuKey - The key which brings up the popup menu (default=F8)
Monitor - The monitor to open the VNC Viewer window on, if available.
(default=)
AcceptBell - Produce a system beep when requested to by the server.
(default=1)
Emulate3 - Emulate middle mouse button when left and right buttons are used
simulatenously. (default=0)
PointerEventInterval - The interval to delay between sending one pointer
event and the next. (default=0)
Protocol3.3 - Only use protocol version 3.3 (default=0)
ServerCutText - Accept clipboard changes from the server. (default=1)
ClientCutText - Send clipboard changes to the server. (default=1)
SendKeyEvents - Send key presses (and releases) to the server. (default=1)
SendPointerEvents - Send pointer (mouse) events to the server. (default=1)
Shared - Allow existing connections to the server to continue.(Default is
to disconnect all other clients) (default=0)
AutoSelect - Auto select pixel format and encoding (default=1)
PreferredEncoding - Preferred graphical encoding to use - overridden by
AutoSelect if set. (ZRLE, Hextile or Raw) (default=ZRLE)
FullScreen - Use the whole display to show the remote desktop.(Press F8 to
access the viewer menu) (default=0)
LowColourLevel - Colour level to use on slow connections. 0 = Very Low (8
colours), 1 = Low (64 colours), 2 = Medium (256 colours)
(default=1)
FullColour - Use full colour (default is to use low colour unless auto select
decides the link is fast enough) (default=0)
UseDesktopResize - Support dynamic desktop resizing (default=1)
UseLocalCursor - Render the mouse cursor locally (default=1)
DebugDelay - Milliseconds to display inverted pixel data - a debugging
feature (default=0)
Ronald
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