03-26-2002
Also, you could encrypt, or otherwise scramble the file. Depending on your Unix, you may have the "crypt" command installed, or something that could do what you want (PGP, GnuPG, BestCrypt, etc..). Warning: the learning curve gets steeper depending on what features you need / want, but in some cases, it's more than worth it.
I currently use GnuPG and BestCrypt. GnuPG is used for email and other small text snippets, while BestCrypt is used for secure file storage - It's a good idea, and farily straight forward: You create a data container of a given size, install the special device drivers, and mount it as a live filesystem. Just make sure you unmount it on your way out, otherwise it's not too useful, right?
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vncpasswd
vncpasswd(1) Virtual Network Computing vncpasswd(1)
NAME
vncpasswd - change a VNC password
SYNOPSIS
vncpasswd [passwd-file]
DESCRIPTION
vncpasswd allows you to set the password used to access VNC desktops. It stores an obfuscated version of the password in the given file
(default $HOME/.vnc/passwd). The vncserver script runs vncpasswd the first time you start a VNC desktop, and invokes Xvnc with the appro-
priate -rfbauth option. vncviewer can also be given a password file to use via the -passwd option.
The password must be at least six characters long, and only the first eight characters are significant. Note that the stored password is
not encrypted securely - anyone who has access to this file can trivially find out the plaintext password, so vncpasswd always sets appro-
priate permissions (read and write only by the owner). However, when accessing a VNC desktop a challenge-response mechanism is used over
the wire making it hard for anyone to crack the password simply by snooping on the network.
FILES
$HOME/.vnc/passwd
Default location of the VNC password file.
SEE ALSO
vncviewer(1), vncserver(1), Xvnc(1) vncconfig(1),
http://www.realvnc.com
AUTHOR
Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd.
VNC was originally developed by the RealVNC team while at Olivetti Research Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. It is now being maintained
by RealVNC Ltd. See http://www.realvnc.com for details.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
RealVNC Ltd 03 Mar 2005 vncpasswd(1)