Re: vnc-problems
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/faq.html#q20
Q20 Why can I only run vncserver/Xvnc as root?
The most likely reason for this is that Xvnc can't create the unix domain
socket (the path for this unix domain socket is usually
/tmp/.X11-unix/Xn). Try making sure that users can write to this directory
by making it world-writable, i.e. "chmod a+w /tmp/.X11-unix". Note that to
avoid a security loophole the "sticky bit" should also be set on the
directory by doing "chmod o+t /tmp/.X11-unix". If you don't do this then
someone else logged in to the same machine may be able to intercept the X
protocol and thereby access your desktop and snoop on it, etc. An
alternative is to set the Xvnc binary to have the same permissions as your
normal X server, but this may be more of a security risk.
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, virtanen wrote:
>
> I installed vncserver and xvncviewer.
>
> The first problem is that I can run vncserver only only as 'root'.
> I gave the read and write access to any user to the directory as suggested
> in the faq file (/tmp/.X11-unix) But it didn't help. What to do next?
>
> The second problem is that I cannot run xvncviewer on the local consoles.
> Basically the server is working (as 'root'), because I can run a viewer on
> a mswin machine to get an vnc access to the machine. On the local machine
> the viewer starts, but it is complaining that it cannot open the display.
> What is wrong? What to do?
>
> hv
> hvirtane@cc.jyu.fi
>
> P.S.
>
> Now this machine (, which has been shutting off the power suddenly) has
> been running satisfactorily for a couple of weeks...
>
>
>
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