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 -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com CentOS 5.4 KVM VPS $55/mo, no setup fee, no contract, dedicated 64bit CPU 1GB dedicated RAM, 40GB RAID storage, 500GB/mo premium BW, Zero downtime > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at 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. > > > -- > War is a failure of the imagination. > --William Blake > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos