[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]X11VNC, the VNC server, comes with pcDuino. The default username and password are both ‘ubuntu’. In this post, we show how to change the default password.

As tightvnc is also a popular VNC server, we will cover that too in this post.

[/vc_column_text][vc_tour][vc_tab title=”How to change password for X11VNC” tab_id=”1403400303-1-94″][vc_column_text]1. Configure the password for remote access, after done, confirm to save to the file ‘ ~/.vnc/passwd;. Where ~ is your current home directory such as ‘/home/ubuntu’.

$ sudo x11vnc -storepasswd
Enter VNC passwd: [enter new password]
Verify password: [enter the new password again]
Write password to /home/ubuntu/.vnc/passwd? [y]/n y
Password written to : /home/ubuntu/.vnc/passwd

2. Configure the path of the password for x11vnc

$sudo x11vnc -storepasswd in /etc/x11vnc.pass

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$vncpasswd
Using password file /home/ubuntu/.vnc/passwd
Password: [enter new password]
Verify: [enter the new password again]
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? #press ENTER

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