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x11vnc@.service
# This is dinamyc x11vnc service listening only to localhost (intended to use it with ssh tunnel)
# I do use that along realvnc-vnc-server because i do tweak geometry for vnn while having full resolution on hdmi screen
# To create password file run "x11vnc -storepasswd in /etc/x11vnc.pass" or even "x11vnc -storepasswd yourpassword /etc/x11vnc.pass"
# Once created, enable this service with "sudo systemctl enable x11vnc" restart or "sudo service x11vnc start"
[Unit]
Description=Scaled remote desktop service (x11vnc)
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
RemainAfterExit=yes
Type=oneshot
User=pi
PAMName=login
PIDFile=/home/pi/.x11vnc/%H:590%i.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -forever -shared -bg -rfbport 590%i -display :0 -geometry 800x600 -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -listen 127.0.0.1
ExecStop=/bin/sh -c "/bin/kill -9 `lsof -i:590%i -t`"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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erm3nda commented Mar 31, 2018

Doesn't work at boot time properly. Here is the proper way to do it http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/Successfully_running_x11vnc_as_a_Systemd_Service_in_Xubuntu_16.04_Xenial-Xerus

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