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#19 Add hidden feature to docs PAM Auth to VNC Server.

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2018-02-05
2018-02-05
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Please update documentation to advise of a very cool feature not promoted.

I needed to provide restricted username/password access to a X Windows application that must stay running 24/7.

So I started up Xvnc with localhost only access and sharedaccess running as nobody. The application was set to display to the Xvnc server. Then installed XRDP and configured libvnc connection without a password. This worked perfectly with multiple people being able to connect and control the applicaton.

The really cool XRDP Feature is the pam lines:
pamusername=ask
pampassword=ask
pamsessionmng=127.0.0.1

Adding these to the VNC session type meant that everyone had to authenticate to the XRDP Server before they could jump to the VNC Server, like a secured gateway.

No need to add/setup authentication on the VNC Server.

Thanks!!!

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