Programmatically enable Remote Administration (VNC)

DeWaRs · 08-04-2014, 04:33 AM

Hello,
Did any one know how to enable remote adminstration (VNC) without using Yast (Yast / Network Services / Remote Administration / Allow Remote Administration) on a Suse sp2 / sp3 enterprise? I'm looking for the same thing, but in command line ?
Thanks to anyone which could help me on this.
BR
DeWaRs

wpeckham · 08-04-2014, 05:45 AM

Check the vncserver man page. Everything you need to enable a vnc service from the command-line is there.
For more, you can check the google search results, but that is a bit of a mixed bag. Some good infomration, and a lot of noise. :-)

DeWaRs · 08-04-2014, 05:56 AM

Hello,

Thanks for your answer. I'm not sure to understand...
If I launch vncserver, set a password and go back to Yast, Allow Remote Administration is not checked. so I can't connect to my server through VNC.

Did I miss something ?

Br

DeWaRs

rhnylmz · 08-04-2014, 08:43 AM

So if I understand you correctly, the following link will be useful to you:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7003097

DeWaRs · 08-12-2014, 10:46 AM

Hello,

Thanks for your answer. It looks exactly what I need, unfortunately it doesn't work. I have follow the step by step you provide, it doesn't work. I have compare all the file listed with a instance with VNC activated, no success neither. If you have any other idea ...

BR

DeWaRs

ember1205 · 10-20-2014, 05:57 PM

The file that controls remote administration is /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

I -believe- you will need to restart xinetd after editing that file (rcxinetd restart).