xf4vnc with tightvnc and authorization?

[qwkbrnfox]

Hi All,

I've (finally) got xf4vnc running - the documentation is a little lacking. I have a small problem, though: speed or authorization?

If I use the vncviewer bundled with xf4vnc, the screen refresh is profoundly slow. (20 seconds to create the first screen). This is with maximum compression and lowest quality.
If I use the vncviewer bundled with tightvnc, it's quite fast, but I can't use the 'loginauth' option at the server - so there isn't any security - not good. If I turn the authorization on and try to connect with tightvnc, I get:

VNC server supports protocol version 3.130 (viewer 3.3)
VNC connection failed: VNC authentication disabled, please use an RFB 3.130 compatible viewer

Anyone have a suggestion for getting tightvnc to talk to xf4vnc?

Thanks!

[xiansmith]

I couldnt get the "loginauth" option to work, however I did have success with the other route of authentication, namely the rgbauth password file.

I added:

Option "rfbauth" "/root/.vnc/passwd"

to the Device section of the xorg.conf/XFree86 config file and then ran:

# storepasswd myPassWord /root/.vnc/passwd

After that, the xf4vnc module asks for the password myPassWord upon connect. Works for me.

I believe authlogin is supposed to be able to log in any user with an account on the system, but I had no luck with it. I kept getting the same error.

I also noticed that only tightvnc can connect to my server, no luck with realvnc.

Regards.

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Xian