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I've been working on vnc access to my desktop.
After reading through the wiki on x11vnc I visited http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/.
I've pretty much settled on using x11vnc tunneled over ssh using the -svc option with -unixpw to setup vnc connections that are individualized on a per user basis.
This means I basically need to run openssh, and x11vnc as services.
@Karlrunge the FAQ recommends using xinetd for x11vnc setup in this way.
Here in is my dilemma, I feel a bit silly running ssh as a daemon and then using xinetd to run just one service.
Should I not feel silly about this or should I setup ssh to use xinetd as well?
Last edited by vinhsynd (2010-09-30 22:51:58)
The older I get the less time I have.
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You could fork x11vnc in the background. And then use ssh for a secure tunnel and a local port redirect. Something like ssh user@host -L 5250:localhost:5250 then on the local machine you can run vncviewer localhost:5250
What will you use the vnc access for? Maybe there might be a better solution for you?
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I use openssh and x11vnc. Openssh runs as a daemon, but I start x11vnc as a 'Startup Application' using Gnome with the following:
x11vnc -ncache 10 -noxdamage -scale 8/10 -many -bg -forever -shared -usepw -display :0 -auth /home/user/.Xauthority
It's been a while since I set this up, so I may have forgotten the details (or indeed not even be answering your question!).
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