opensolaris man page for vncpasswd

Query: vncpasswd

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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)
Related Man Pages
xvnc(1) - redhat
vncpasswd(1) - centos
tightvncpasswd(1) - debian
vnc4config(1) - debian
vncpasswd(1) - debian
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