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Too many users with root password
Post 302362672 by jp2542a on Friday 16th of October 2009 09:29:55 PM
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vino-preferences
vino-preferences(1) User Commands vino-preferences(1) NAME
vino-preferences - remote desktop configuration SYNOPSIS
vino-preferences [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
vino-preferences is the configuration dialog for remote desktop server. vino-preferences provides a GUI to configure options of remote desktop server, include view-only mode and control mode for desktop sharing. And it also be used to configure the security mode and specify user password. There are some check boxes in vino preferences dialog. the four check boxes are divided into 2 groups: Sharing and Security. The Sharing group controls if the server allow other users to view your desktop and if the server allow other users to control your desktop. The Secu- rity group control what kind of security method the server will take when there is a remote request. Vino server can be configured to ask user confirm every time there is a connection request, and the server also can be configured to require users to provide password for the remote access. A password editbox is provided to input server password. This password will be saved in gnome keyring. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Start the vino preferences dialog from command line example% vino-preferences FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/vino-preferences The executable file for the vino preferences application. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
vino-passwd(1), vino-server(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Steven Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007. Updated by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008. SunOS 5.11 15 Aug 2008 vino-preferences(1)