Gnome - change vino server password

Gnome - change vino server password: "Gnome - change vino server password


This guide is based on a Fedora 9 install.
All commands are run from a user account and not root.

To check current vino server settings

cat ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml


To change the current vino server password

NewPassword=`echo -n 'newpassword' | base64`
gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password $NewPassword


Restart the vino server

gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled false
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true"