vncpasswd − change the VNC password
vncpasswd
[passwd-file]
vncpasswd −f
vncpasswd allows you to set the password used to access VNC desktops. Its default behavior is to prompt for a VNC password and then store an obfuscated version of this password to passwd-file (or to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tigervnc/passwd if no passwordfile is specified.) 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 are significant. Note that the stored password is not encrypted securely - anyone who has access to this file can trivially find out the plain-text password, so vncpasswd always sets appropriate permissions (read and write only by the owner.) However, when accessing a VNC desktop, a challenge-response mechanism is used over the wire making it hard for anyone to crack the password simply by snooping on the network.
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−f |
Filter mode. Read a plain-text password from stdin and write an encrypted version to stdout. Note that in filter mode, short or even empty passwords will be silently accepted. |
A view-only password must be separated from the normal password by a newline character.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tigervnc/passwd
$HOME/.config/tigervnc/passwd
Default location of the VNC password file.
vncviewer(1),
Xvnc(1) vncconfig(1), vncsession(8)
https://www.tigervnc.org
Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd., Antoine Martin, D. R. Commander and others.
VNC was originally developed by the RealVNC team while at Olivetti Research Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. TightVNC additions were implemented by Constantin Kaplinsky. Many other people have since participated in development, testing and support. This manual is part of the TigerVNC software suite.