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December 11, 2022 13:33
A script to start x11vnc server and retry with magic cookie if a desktop session is not created. This allows one to SSH into a box with only a gdm or login screen but no existing desktop session and start x11vnc to login the first time.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| DEFAULT_DISPLAY=:0 | |
| X11VNC_DISPLAY="$DEFAULT_DISPLAY" | |
| if [ -x /usr/bin/x11vnc ]; then | |
| [ "$1" == '-nocache' ] && CACHE_FLAG='-noncache' || CACHE_FLAG='-noncache' | |
| [ "$2" == '-guess' ] && GUESS_FLAG='-auth guess' || GUESS_FLAG='' | |
| [ -f /root/.vnc/passwd ] && PASSWORD="/root/.vnc/passwd" | |
| [ -f $HOME/.vnc/passwd ] && PASSWORD="$HOME/.vnc/passwd" | |
| [ ! -z "$PASSWORD" ] && x11vnc -display $X11VNC_DISPLAY -xkb -rfbauth $PASSWORD -rfbport 5900 -shared -forever -nowf -norc -notruecolor -bg $GUESS_FLAG $CACHE_FLAG -noxdamage |