NAME

I've just upgraded my son's Mac Mini to 10.5, and turned on the Screen Sharing and ssh server after the initial install. In 10.4, I had long ago configured the 'hidden' ARD VNC server, though alas I now find I've forgotten the password I set at that time.

vncpasswd− change the VNC password

SYNOPSIS

vncpasswd[passwd-file]
vncpasswd −f

DESCRIPTION

vncpasswdallows you to set the password used to access VNC desktops.Its default behavior is to prompt for a VNC password andthen store an obfuscated version of this password topasswd-file (or to $HOME/.vnc/passwd if no passwordfile is specified.) The vncserver script runsvncpasswd the first time you start a VNC desktop, andit invokes Xvnc with the appropriate−rfbauth option. vncviewer can also begiven a password file to use via the −passwdoption.

The passwordmust be at least six characters long (unless the−f command-line option is used-- see below),and only the first eight characters are significant. Notethat the stored password is not encrypted securely -anyone who has access to this file can trivially find outthe plain-text password, so vncpasswd always setsappropriate permissions (read and write only by the owner.)However, when accessing a VNC desktop, a challenge-responsemechanism is used over the wire making it hard for anyone tocrack the password simply by snooping on the network.

OPTIONS

A view-onlypassword must be separated from the normal password by anewline character.

FILES

$HOME/.vnc/passwd Rslogix emulate 500 serial number 1067 the fan.

Default location of the VNCpassword file.

SEE ALSO

vncviewer(1),vncserver(1), Xvnc(1) vncconfig(1),
https://www.tigervnc.org

AUTHORS

TristanRichardson, RealVNC Ltd., Antoine Martin, D. R. Commanderand others.

VNC wasoriginally developed by the RealVNC team while at OlivettiResearch Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. TightVNCadditions were implemented by Constantin Kaplinsky. Manyother people have since participated in development, testingand support. This manual is part of the TigerVNC softwaresuite.