Hi Scott, The "via" option is specific to the TightVNC project, as far as I'm aware.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hyde > Sent: 09 June 2006 01:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: via option > > For those that produce the documentation for the vnc package, I would > request that documentation of the "via" option be placed on the manual > page for the Linux/Unix vncviewer page, as it does not exist > on the page > currently. If it exists somewhere else, will someone kindly > point it out > to me? > > The man page for vncviewer in the Tightvnc package contains some > documentation on the via option. I have used the option, > which initiates > an ssh tunnel before connecting to a vnc server. I think > that this option > is very important, as it reduces the number of steps to > initiate a secure > vnc session, which increases the security of the free version > of RealVNC. > > -Scott > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Scott Hyde wrote: > > > > > Can someone describe the "via" option? I find out about > the via option > > from a "vncviewer --help" (As shown below.) Is it similar > to the via > > option of tightvnc? > > > > -Scott > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > > > > Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. > > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. > > > > usage: vncviewer [parameters] [host:displayNum] [parameters] > > vncviewer [parameters] -listen [port] [parameters] > > > > Parameters can be turned on with -<param> or off with -<param>=0 > > Parameters which take a value can be specified as -<param> <value> > > Other valid forms are <param>=<value> -<param>=<value> > --<param>=<value> > > Parameter names are case-insensitive. The parameters are: > > > > Global Parameters: > > name - The X window name (default=) > > MenuKey - The key which brings up the popup menu > (default=F8) > > DebugDelay - Milliseconds to display inverted pixel > data - a debugging > > feature (default=0) > > via - Gateway to tunnel via (default=) > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
