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vncpasswd - change the VNC password

Synopsis

vncpasswd [passwd-file]
vncpasswd -f

Description

vncpasswd allows you to set the password used to access VNC desktops. Its default behavior is toprompt for a VNC password and then store an obfuscated version of this password to passwd-file (or to $HOME/.vnc/passwd if no password file isspecified.) The vncserver script runs vncpasswd the first time you start a VNC desktop, and it invokes Xvnc with the appropriate-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 (unless the -f command-line option is used-- see below), and only the first eight characters aresignificant. Note that the stored password is not encrypted securely - anyone who has access to this file can trivially find out the plain-textpassword, so vncpasswd always sets appropriate permissions (read and write only by the owner.) However, when accessing a VNC desktop, achallenge-response mechanism is used over the wire making it hard for anyone to crack the password simply by snooping on the network.

Options

$HOME/.vnc/passwd

Default location of the VNC password file.

See Also

vncviewer(1), vncserver(1), xvnc(1) vncconfig(1),

Authors

Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd.
Antoine Martin
D. R. Commander

VNC was originally developed by the RealVNC team while at Olivetti Research Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. TightVNC additions were implemented byConstantin Kaplinsky. Many other people participated in development, testing and support.

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