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davidfowler2000
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VNC Question

Post by davidfowler2000 »

Just a quickie - where do I find / set the VNC server password?
kopibean
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Post by kopibean »

the command to set the password for vnc is

> vncpasswd
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Post by davidfowler2000 »

Groovy.

Much Obliged :)
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cannot write password file

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I have a quick question, I've searched thru most of the posts having to do with vnc and cant seem to find the answer to my problem.

As root when I enter in vncpasswd into a terminal I get the error:
cannot write password file to /root/.vnc/passwd

If anyone had any insight as wo how I can correct this problem I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
John
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Post by vplayer »

quick question...

what version of gentoox do you have installed..
Box: XBOX ver 1.1
Mod: Xecutor 2.3 lite+
Hdd: WD 80GB
Dash: Evox, Ava, XBMC
Linux: Gentoox Pro 4.2
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Version is...

Post by jjk212 »

Sorry,
I'm running Home 3.2. Also I just ran Magic last night, so everything seems to be up to date. FYI, I was getting the same error previous to the update.
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Post by jahme »

whats the password for? when i use VNC they dont prompt me for any password.when i want to vnc to my computer then it does.but the default gentoox password is 'xbox' so it should work if u try that.
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Post by vplayer »

jjk212,
look if there is the file or folder
ls -al /root/.vnc (look for passwd file)
ls -al /root (see for .vnc directory)

if you dont find it then try to create the folder or/and file for it .

mkdir /root/.vnc
touch /root/.vnc/passwd
chmod 700 /root/.vnc/passwd

Maybe that will help. You can always change the permissions of /root/.vnc/passwd to 770 or 777 depending on what error you get after this

jahme... I think the password would be blank(empty). You can set the vncpassword by following the 2nd post in this topic...

hope that helps
Box: XBOX ver 1.1
Mod: Xecutor 2.3 lite+
Hdd: WD 80GB
Dash: Evox, Ava, XBMC
Linux: Gentoox Pro 4.2
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