pwd_controlaula(8)
NAME
pwd_controlaula -- create a file with a VNC encrypted password
SYNOPSIS
pwd_controlaula passwd-file passwd
DESCRIPTION
pwd_controlaula allows you to set the password used to access VNC desktops. It stores an obfuscated version of the given passwd in the
given passwd-file file. So, a vnc server will be able to start with the
-passwd command using the given password.
This small application is based on the vncpasswd from the vnc4-common
Debian package.
The password must be at least six characters long, 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 plaintext password. 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.
OPTIONS
This program has these mandatory arguments:
passwd-file file where the encrypted password for vncserver use.
passwd plain text password to be encrypted.
SEE ALSO
- The official ControlAula documentation:
- http://www.itais.net/help/en/
AUTHOR
pwd_controlaula was written by Jos L. Redrejo Rodrguez
- This manual page was written by Jos L. Redrejo Rodrguez <jredrejo at
debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.