Ken:
You can set the machine up to use VNC for the console.
Then, give the person a normal login which they will use to login to the machine from the console interface. Basically, it will be just like they are sitting at the machine a logging in with a user account.
I would also require the VNC to be tunneled through SSH for encryption since VNC does not do that internally.
Neil
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of ken Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:57 AM To: CentOS Mailing List Subject: [CentOS] vnc for non-root
At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to use some other utility to deny root access (e.g., securetty).
Thanks, folks.
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