Chromi VNC Instructions

Instructions & Documentation What is VNC? VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It consists of three parts: a server, a client and the RFB protocol. It is designed to facilitate monitoring and/or control of arbitrary devices through a framebuffer, mouse and keyboard interface (such as found on a typical PC or workstation). Servers and clients are available for many platforms, including palmtops, UNIX and embedded devices. VNC is lightweight enough to be minimally implemented on almost anything. Most current VNC implementations use TCP/IP as a transport, however VNC can work over any reliable, bidirectional transport. What is ChromiVNC? ChromiVNC is an implementation of a VNC Server, which runs on Macintosh. Once installed, it allows authorised users (such as the owner) to control and/or view the Macintosh remotely. In order to do this, you will need a VNC client, which can run on any platform. VNCThing (see the Links page) is a good Macintosh VNC client. How do I install ChromiVNC? For PowerPC Macintosh: Download and unstuff the archive. Move the ChromiVNC application anywhere you like. Move the vncPatches into your Extensions folder (drop it on your closed System Folder, that should do it). You may wish to add an alias to ChromiVNC in your Startup Items folder, so it launches on every reboot. Reboot, to activate the vncPatches. Don't forget to set a password in the Preferences dialogue box, when it appears on first launching VNC. Test your installation by moving to another machine and using a VNC client to connect to your new server. For 68K Macintosh: Follow the instructions above, but do not place the vncPatches in your Extensions folder. Instead, visit Adrian Umpleby's website (see the Links page) and download a copy of vncPatches68k. The standard vncPatches are not compatible with 68k, but I hope to address this issue at some point in the future. What do all the buttons in the Preferences field do? In most cases, you can leave all these at their defaults. Some are worth special mention, however: Password - The most important setting. Without a password set up in the Preferences, anyone can connect and take control of the machine while VNC is running. I reccommend you set a password at least 6 characters long, and including mixed case letters, numbers, and symbols if possible. The maximum length password for compatibility reasons in 8 characters, but see below on Long Password Support. View-only password - This allows you to give users a separate password which can only be used to view the screen. In this configuration, users who authenticate with the View-only password will be unable to move or click the mouse, type on the keyboard, affect the contents of the Clipboard or disconnect other users. This is a good feature for conferences, presentations and for teaching. If no password is entered here, the feature is disabled. Key-retrieval password - This field is reserved …