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11-14-2009, 01:52 PM
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Help with Automating VNC Setup
Greetings,
i am a noob with shell scripting, just now started, i am trying to automate the VNCserver setup, for which i have created a small script, please someone could correct it vnc.sh ===== Code:
ip=`ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'`
read -s -p "Enter vnc password : " password
read -p "Enter the VNC Port Number: " port
echo $password | vncserver :$port -stdin $password
echo "your VNc Details are:"
echo "---------------------"
echo "Hostname :" $ip:$port
echo "Password :" $password
echo "---------------------"
./vnc.sh Enter vnc password : Enter the VNC Port Number: 24 You will require a password to access your desktops. getpass error: Invalid argument i have installed vnc4server on debian, please help regards, Esha Last edited by nixcraft; 11-15-2009 at 01:17 PM. 
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11-15-2009, 01:17 PM
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echo $password | vncserver :$port -stdin $password Update your script as follows Code:
#!/bin/bash
ip=`ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'`
read -p "Enter the VNC Port Number: " port
echo "Password setup:"
vncpasswd
echo "your VNc Details are:"
echo "---------------------"
echo "Hostname :" $ip:$port
#echo "Password :" $password
echo "---------------------"
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Last edited by nixcraft; 11-15-2009 at 01:23 PM.
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11-15-2009, 08:34 PM
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thnx vivek, i need to automate it too, because if i use vncpasswd, i need to type it, is there anyother method where i can stdin the password, after getting it
like Code:
read -s -p "Enter vnc password : " password read -p "Enter the VNC Port Number: " port regards, Esha
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