Re: [ALUG] Running vnc server on startup

On 12 September 2012 20:54, John Woodard mail@johnwoodard.co.uk wrote:

On 12 September 2012 19:23, Jenny Hopkins hopkins.jenny@gmail.com wrote:

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On 12 September 2012 11:18, John Woodard mail@johnwoodard.co.uk wrote:

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I want to run a vnc server on startup as a user rather than root and seek opinion to where the best place to put the command

tightvncserver :1 -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 16 -pixelformat rgb565

etc/rc.local cron job?

Not sure here really if it needs to be before login so thought it prudent to run as a user.

How about putting a file in /etc/rc2.d/ called S99vncservers_up, adding it to init.d with update-rc.d, the file comprising of something along the lines of:

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#!/bin/sh

BINFILE=/usr/bin/vncserver

# bail out gracefully if the package has been removed if [ ! -f $BINFILE ]; then exit 0 fi

vncserver_up() { echo "Starting vncserver for $1" if su $1 --command=$BINFILE then echo "vncserver started ok for user $1" fi }

vncserver_up jenny vncserver_up john

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Works for me! Jenny

I ended up writing this bash script and bunged it in /etc/init.d as tightvncserver

# !/bin/bash
# /etc/init.d/tightvncserver

# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case "$1" in
  start)
    su pi -c '/usr/bin/tightvncserver :1 -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 16 -pix$
    echo "Starting VNC server "
    ;;
  stop)
    pkill tightvnc
    echo "VNC Server has been stopped (didn't double check though)"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/tightvncserver {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

I was being lazy my bash scripting ain't that good but it's now working but not as intended as I'm getting roots desktop. I'll give your solution a go Jen will it run as normal user?

Thanks all.

BJ

The way round that is to make starting the vnc server part a little function, as in vncserverup() { blah } then underneath it call the function with vncserver_up john

which runs the function, passes the name john to the function as variable $1, and so runs the vnc server command as john. su $1 --command=$BINFILE ($1 is interpreted by the function as john)

Jen