Notes on compiling VNC master:

untar into /tmp/build/vnc

# make
# make install
# cd Xvnc
# make
# make install

Now copy the vncserver to a special version with the password code
commented out:

# cd /usr/local/bin
# cp vncserver vncserverboot
# chmod 700 vncserverboot (we only want root to do this bad bad ting)

Edit /usr/local/bin/vncserverboot and commente out the lines that call vncpasswd:

# Make sure the user has a password.
#
#($z,$z,$mode) = stat("$vncUserDir/passwd");
#if (!(-e "$vncUserDir/passwd") || ($mode & 077)) {
#    warn "\nYou will require a password to access your desktops.\n\n";
#    system("vncpasswd $vncUserDir/passwd");
#    if (($? >> 8) != 0) {
#       exit 1;
#    }
#}

Make the tar file on kinscoe:

# cd /usr/local/bin
# mkdir /tmp/vnc
# find . -mtime 0 -print -depth | cpio -pvdm /tmp/vnc
# cd /tmp/vnc
# tar cvf /pub/soft/install/vnc_3_3_r2_sol_8.tar *
# cd /tmp
# rm -Rf vnc

On the new machine:

copy the tar file from kinscoe.harcourt.com:

ftp://kinscoe.harcourt.com/pub/soft/install/vnc_3_3_r2_sol_8.tar

save this to the /tmp directory

# mkdir -p /usr/local/bin if it does not already exist
# cd /usr/local/bin - IMPORTANT!!
# tar xvf /tmp/vnc_3_3_r2_sol_8.tar
# chmod +x *
# rm /tmp/vnc_3_3_r2_sol_8.tar

Now create the startup script:

edit /etc/init.d/vncserver  (note I usually use display 2 for VNC, 1 for Xvfb and 0 for Sunx)

#!/sbin/sh
#
# start/stop the vncserver
#
# Kevin P. Inscoe
# 

case "$1" in
'start')
	HOME=/; export HOME
	PATH=$PATH:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH
        /usr/local/bin/vncserverboot :2 >/dev/msglog 2>&1 &
        DISPLAY=localhost:2.0; export DISPLAY
        /usr/openwin/bin/xhost +
        ;;

'stop')
        PID=`/bin/ps -ef | /bin/grep "Xvnc" | /bin/grep -v grep | /bin/tail -1 | /bin/awk '{ print $2 }'`
        if [ "x$PID" = "x" ]; then
                /bin/echo "vncserver not running."
        else
                /usr/local/bin/vncserver -kill ":2"
        fi
        ;;
*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0

# chmod +x /etc/init.d/vncserver

Create the boot-time:

# ln -s /etc/init.d/vncserver /etc/rc2.d/S99vncserver

To start manually:

# /etc/rc2.d/S99vncserver start
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host

To stop manually:

# /etc/rc2.d/S99vncserver stop 
Killing Xvnc process ID 1386