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author | Pierre Ossman <ossman@cendio.se> | 2014-09-17 15:43:14 +0200 |
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committer | Pierre Ossman <ossman@cendio.se> | 2014-09-17 15:43:14 +0200 |
commit | de0f832a05379575adf42c27b1c68809a9818359 (patch) | |
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Update server man pages to reflect current list of options
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diff --git a/unix/x0vncserver/x0vncserver.man b/unix/x0vncserver/x0vncserver.man index d4706728..265c4cee 100644 --- a/unix/x0vncserver/x0vncserver.man +++ b/unix/x0vncserver/x0vncserver.man @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ is a TigerVNC Server which makes any X display remotely accessible via VNC, TigerVNC or compatible viewers. Unlike \fBXvnc\fP(1), it does not create a virtual display. Instead, it just shares an existing X server (typically, that one connected to the physical screen). + +XDamage will be used if the existing X server supports it. Otherwise +.B x0vncserver +will fall back to polling the screen for changes. .SH OPTIONS .B x0vncserver interprets the command line as a list of parameters with optional values. @@ -66,9 +70,11 @@ to accept connections from any IP address. .TP .B SecurityTypes Specify which security scheme to use for incoming connections. Valid values -are \fBNone\fP and \fBVncAuth\fP. Default is \fBVncAuth\fP. +are a comma separated list of \fBNone\fP, \fBVncAuth\fP, \fBPlain\fP, +\fBTLSNone\fP, \fBTLSVnc\fP, \fBTLSPlain\fP, \fBX509None\fP, \fBX509Vnc\fP +and \fBX509Plain\fP. Default is \fBVncAuth,TLSVnc\fP. .TP -.B PasswordFile +.B rfbauth, PasswordFile Password file for VNC authentication. There is no default, you should specify the password file explicitly. Password file should be created with the \fBvncpasswd\fP(1) utility. @@ -78,6 +84,24 @@ Obfuscated binary encoding of the password which clients must supply to access the server. Using this parameter is insecure, use \fBPasswordFile\fP parameter instead. .TP +.B PlainUsers +A comma separated list of user names that are allowed to authenticate via +any of the "Plain" security types (Plain, TLSPlain, etc.). Specify \fB*\fP +to allow any user to authenticate using this security type. Default is to +deny all users. +.TP +.B pam_service +PAM service name to use when authentication users using any of the "Plain" +security types. Default is \fBvnc\fP. +.TP +.B x509cert +Path to a X509 certificate in PEM format to be used for all X509 based +security types (X509None, X509Vnc, etc.). +.TP +.B x509key +Private key counter part to the certificate given in \fBx509cert\fP. Must +also be in PEM format. +.TP .B BlacklistThreshold The number of unauthenticated connection attempts allowed from any individual host before that host is black-listed. Default is 5. @@ -154,26 +178,24 @@ clients may choose video selection themselves, but if they do not, then the \fBVideoArea\fP parameter will take effect. If the argument is empty, no video area is set (this is the default). .TP -.B VideoPriority -Specify the priority of sending video updates. \fBx0vncserver\fP can be -instructed to treat certain rectangular part of the screen as a video area -and handle it in a special way for improved performance (see documentation on -the \fBVideoArea\fP parameter). \fBVideoPriority\fP value controls how often -video area will be sent to clients as compared to the rest of the screen. -The priority must be an integer between 0 and 8, and the default value is 2. - -\fBVideoPriority\fP set to 1 gives the same priority both to video and to -other pixels. Higher values give more priority to video. For example, the -value 5 specifies that the rate of sending video will be five times higher -than the rate of updating the rest of the screen. If \fBVideoPriority\fP is -set to 0, it gives equal priority to video and other updates (just like the -value 1) and also disables special encoding for video data. In other words, -\fBVideoPriority\fP video area will be sent as a part of other screen -contents. +.B DeferUpdate +x0vncserver uses a "deferred update" mechanism which enhances performance in +many cases. After any change to the framebuffer, x0vncserver waits for this +number of milliseconds (default 1) before sending an update to any waiting +clients. This means that more changes tend to get coalesced together in a +single update. Setting it to 0 results in the same behaviour as earlier +versions of x0vncserver, where the first change to the framebuffer causes an +immediate update to any waiting clients. +.TP +.B AlwaysSetDeferUpdateTimer +Keep delaying sending the screen update to the client(s) each time the +screen is updated. Otherwise the delay is from the first update. Default +is off. .TP .B CompareFB -Perform pixel comparison on framebuffer to reduce unnecessary updates. -Default is on. +Perform pixel comparison on framebuffer to reduce unnecessary updates. Can +be either \fB0\fP (off), \fB1\fP (always) or \fB2\fP (auto). Default is +\fB2\fP. .TP .B UseSHM Use MIT-SHM extension if available. Using that extension accelerates reading @@ -185,15 +207,6 @@ This enables system-specific access to complete full-color version of the screen (the default X visual often provides 256 colors). Also, in overlay mode, \fBx0vncserver\fP can show correct mouse cursor. Default is on. .TP -.B UseHardwareJPEG -Use hardware-accelerated JPEG compressor for video if available. -\fBx0vncserver\fP can be instructed to treat certain rectangular part of the -screen as a video area and handle it in a special way for improved -performance. If the client supports Tight encoding and JPEG compression, -such video areas will be sent as JPEG-encoded rectangles. And if this option -is on, compression will be hardware-accelerated (currently, supported only in -SGI/IRIX equipped with appropriate hardware). Default is on. -.TP .B ZlibLevel Zlib compression level for ZRLE encoding (it does not affect Tight encoding). Acceptable values are between 0 and 9. Default is to use the standard @@ -222,6 +235,13 @@ Terminate after \fIN\fP seconds of user inactivity. Default is 0. .B ClientWaitTimeMillis The number of milliseconds to wait for a client which is no longer responding. Default is 20000. +.TP +.B AcceptCutText +.TQ +.B SendCutText +.TQ +.B MaxCutText +Currently unused. .SH SEE ALSO .BR Xvnc (1), .BR vncpasswd (1), |