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.TH vncpasswd 1 "" "KasmVNC" "Virtual Network Computing"
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.SH NAME
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vncpasswd \- setup VNC users and passwords
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBvncpasswd\fR -u [\fIusername\fR] [\fI-wnod\fR] [\fIpasswd-file\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B vncpasswd
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allows you to add users and passwords used to access VNC desktops. Multiple
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users can be added, each with its own permissions. You can set view-only, use of
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mouse and keyboard allowed (-w), user managment permissions (-o). See OPTIONS
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below for details.
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Its default behavior is to prompt for a VNC password and then store an
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obfuscated version of this password to \fIpasswd-file\fR (or to
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$HOME/.kasmpasswd if no password file is specified.) The \fBvncserver\fP script
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will ask you to add a user the first time you start a VNC desktop. HTTP Basic
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Authentication will be used to ask for username and password, when you connect.
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The password must be at least six characters long (maximum of 128 characters).
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Note that the stored password is \fBnot\fP encrypted securely - anyone who has
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access to this file can trivially find out the plain-text password, so
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\fBvncpasswd\fP always sets appropriate permissions (read and write only by the
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owner.) However, when accessing a VNC desktop, a challenge-response mechanism
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is used over the wire making it hard for anyone to crack the password simply by
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snooping on the network.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-u \fIname\fR
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Specify user name. There can be multiple users.
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.TP
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.B \-w
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Write permission. Enable user to use mouse and keyboard. The default mode is to
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view only.
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.TP
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.B \-o
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Owner permission. Allow the user to add/delete users and change their
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permissions.
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.TP
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.B \-d
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Delete user specified with \fI-u\fR. You need the owner permission for that.
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.TP
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.B \-n
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Don't update their password, while updating permissions.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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$HOME/.kasmpasswd
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Default location of the VNC password file.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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Create a new user foo that can to use mouse and keyboard:
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$ vncpasswd -u foo -w
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.TP
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Create a new user foo that can view, but can't use mouse and keyboard:
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$ vncpasswd -u foo
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.TP
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Create a new user foo that can add new users AND use mouse and keyboard:
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$ vncpasswd -u foo -ow
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.TP
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Delete user foo
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$ vncpasswd -u foo -d
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.TP
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Strip all permissions from user foo, making it view only. Don't touch password.
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$ vncpasswd -u foo -n
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Strip all permissions from user foo, making it view only. Change password.
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$ vncpasswd -u foo
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.TP
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Add write permission for user foo. Don't touch password.
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$ vncpasswd -u foo -w -n
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR vncserver (1),
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.BR Xvnc (1)
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.BR vncconfig (1),
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.br
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http://kasmweb.com
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.SH AUTHORS
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Kasm Technologies Corp., Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd., D. R. Commander and others.
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VNC was originally developed by the RealVNC team while at Olivetti
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Research Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. TightVNC additions were
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implemented by Constantin Kaplinsky. Many other people have since
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participated in development, testing and support. KasmVNC has since
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forked and the project and has added many modern features and made
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the solution web native.
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This manual is part of the KasmVNC software suite.
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