{"id":1932,"date":"2019-09-01T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T01:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2019-09-01T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T01:20:04","slug":"x11vnc-for-linux-setup-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/01\/x11vnc-for-linux-setup-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"X11VNC for Linux setup notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

x11vnc is a relatively smooth experience, but there are quite a few common use cases that would have been automated away if it’s a Windows program, namely have it start as a service on boot (before logging in)<\/p>\n

It’s from babelmonk’s solution<\/a> on StackExchange. Paraphrased here to make it easier to understand:<\/p>\n

After installation, create the password file with -storepasswd switch AND specify the where you want the password saved as an optional argument, and I prefer \/etc\/x11vnc.pass:<\/p>\n

sudo x11vnc -storepasswd {your password goes here} \/etc\/x11vnc.pass\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
which will be read by\u00a0-rfbauth<\/code>\u00a0switch for the x11vnc program.<\/p>\n
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Build your own (systemctl) service by creating \/etc\/systemd\/system\/x11vnc.service<\/code>:<\/p>\n
[Unit]\r\nDescription=\"x11vnc\"\r\nRequires=display-manager.service\r\nAfter=display-manager.service\r\n\r\n[Service]\r\nExecStart=\/usr\/bin\/x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -display :0 -auth guess -rfbauth \/etc\/x11vnc.pass\r\nExecStop=\/usr\/bin\/killall x11vnc\r\nRestart=on-failure\r\nRestart-sec=2\r\n\r\n[Install]\r\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Then, start with:<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl daemon-reload\r\nsudo systemctl start x11vnc\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Enable the service (if not already done by previous commands) so it will start on boot<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl enable x11vnc<\/code><\/pre>\n
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