X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS, X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST, X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX,

-findauth/-auth guess FD_XDM=1 for root, work around xhost SI:localuser:root.

x11vnc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-12-06  Karl Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
+	* x11vnc: findauth/-auth guess works with FD_XDM=1 for root
+	  finding dm's xauthority.  Work around for GDM's recent 
+	  'xhost SI:localuser:root' usage. X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX
+	  for longer lived -reopen-ing. X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS for
+	  additional URL parameters, X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1 to
+	  force libvncserver http to listen on localhost.
+
 2009-12-04  Karl Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
 	* classes/ssl: update binaries; new signing key; ss_vncviewer.
 	* x11vnc: add more wish possibilities for -gui.  Declare crypt()

x11vnc/README

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Karl J. Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
 All rights reserved.
 
-x11vnc README file                         Date: Fri Dec  4 20:44:56 EST 2009
+x11vnc README file                         Date: Mon Dec  7 08:14:20 EST 2009
 
 The following information is taken from these URLs:
 
@@ -932,7 +932,12 @@ make
        applies heuristics that try to determine the XAUTHORITY file. The
        use of '[130]-auth guess' will use the XAUTHORITY that -findauth
        reveals. This can be handy in with the lastest GDM where the
-       ability to store cookies in ~/.Xauthority has been removed.
+       ability to store cookies in ~/.Xauthority has been removed. If
+       x11vnc is running as root (e.g. inetd) and you add -env FD_XDM=1
+       to the above -findauth or -auth guess command lines, it will find
+       the correct XAUTHORITY for the given display (this works for
+       XDM/GDM/KDM if the login greeter panel is up or if someone has
+       already logged into an X session.)
      * The FINDDISPLAY and FINDCREATEDISPLAY modes (i.e. "[131]-display
        WAIT:cmd=...", [132]-find, [133]-create) now work correctly for
        the user-supplied login program scheme "[134]-unixpw_cmd ...", as
@@ -12894,7 +12899,7 @@ x11vnc: a VNC server for real X displays
    Here are all of x11vnc command line options:
 % x11vnc -opts      (see below for -help long descriptions)
 
-x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-04
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-06
 
 x11vnc options:
   -display disp            -auth file               -N                     
@@ -13021,7 +13026,7 @@ libvncserver-tight-extension options:
 
 % x11vnc -help
 
-x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-04
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-06
 
 (type "x11vnc -opts" to just list the options.)
 
@@ -13089,6 +13094,12 @@ Options:
                        mechanism (described below) to try to guess the
                        XAUTHORITY filename and use it.
 
+                       XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
+                       to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
+                       X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -auth guess ...
+                       (This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
+                       logged into the X session.)
+
 -N                     If the X display is :N, try to set the VNC display to
                        also be :N This just sets the -rfbport option to 5900+N
                        The program will exit immediately if that port is not
@@ -13110,7 +13121,10 @@ Options:
                        for display managers like GDM (KillInitClients option)
                        that kill x11vnc just after the user logs into the
                        X session.  Note: the reopened state may be unstable.
-                       Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times.
+                       Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times and
+                       set X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX to the number of seconds,
+                       default 10, to keep trying to reopen the display (once
+                       per second.)
 
                        Update: as of 0.9.9, x11vnc tries to automatically avoid
                        being killed by the display manager by delaying creating
@@ -14018,17 +14032,23 @@ Options:
                        (i.e. all the X displays on the local machine that you
                        have access rights to).
 
--findauth [disp]       Apply the -find/-finddpy heuristics to try to guess the
+-findauth [disp]       Apply the -find/-finddpy heuristics to try to guess
-                       XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp' is not
+                       the XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp'
-                       supplied, then the value in the -display earlier in
+                       is not supplied, then the value in the -display on
                        the cmdline is used; failing that $DISPLAY is used;
                        and failing that ":0" is used.
 
                        If nothing is printed out, that means no XAUTHORITY was
-                       found for 'disp'.  If "XAUTHORITY=" is printed out,
+                       found for 'disp'; i.e. failure.  If "XAUTHORITY="
-                       that means use the default (i.e. do not set XAUTHORITY).
+                       is printed out, that means use the default (i.e. do
-                       If "XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file" is printed out, then
+                       not set XAUTHORITY).  If "XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file"
-                       use that file.
+                       is printed out, then use that file.
+
+                       XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
+                       to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
+                       X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -findauth ...
+                       (This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
+                       logged into the X session.)
 
 -create                First try to find the user's display using FINDDISPLAY,
                        if that doesn't succeed create an X session via the
@@ -14270,6 +14290,12 @@ Options:
                        for how to disable this for dtgreet on Solaris and
                        possibly for other greeters.
 
+                       In -find/cmd=FINDDISPLAY mode, if you set FD_XDM=1,
+                       e.g. 'x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -find ...' and x11vnc is
+                       running as root (e.g. inetd) then it will try to find
+                       the XAUTHORITY file of a running XDM/GDM/KDM login
+                       greeter (i.e. no user has logged into an X session yet.)
+
                        As another special case, WAIT:cmd=HTTPONCE will allow
                        x11vnc to service one http request and then exit.
                        This is usually done in -inetd mode to run on, say,
@@ -15269,7 +15295,21 @@ Options:
                        to include the PORT= in the browser URL, simply supply
                        "-httpsredir" to x11vnc.
 
-                       This options does not work in -stunnel mode.
+                       This option does not work in -stunnel mode.
+
+                       More tricks: set the env var X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS
+                       to be extra URL parameters to use.  This way you do
+                       not need to specify extra PARAMS in the index.vnc file.
+                       E.g. x11vnc -env X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS='?GET=1' ...
+
+                       If you do not want to expose the non-SSL HTTP port to
+                       the network (i.e. you just want the single VNC/HTTPS
+                       port, e.g. 5900, open for connections) then specify the
+                       option -env X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1  This way
+                       the connection to the libvncserver httpd server will
+                       only be available on localhost (note that in -ssl mode,
+                       HTTPS requests are redirected from SSL to the non-SSL
+                       libvncserver HTTP server.)
 
 -http_oneport          For UN-encrypted connections mode (i.e. no -ssl,
                        -stunnel, or -enc options), allow the Java VNC Viewer
@@ -15301,6 +15341,10 @@ Options:
                        mode when using an SSH tunnel as well as for router
                        port redirections.
 
+                       Note that the -env X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1
+                       option described above under -httpsredir applies for
+                       the libvncserver httpd server in all cases (ssl or not.)
+
 -ssh user@host:disp    Create a remote listening port on machine "host"
                        via a SSH tunnel using the -R rport:localhost:lport
                        method. lport will be the local x11vnc listening port,
@@ -16135,6 +16179,12 @@ t
                        -buttonmap currently does not work on MacOSX console
                        or in -rawfb mode.
 
+                       Workaround: use -buttonmap IJ...-LM...=n to limit the
+                       number of mouse buttons to n, e.g. 123-123=3.  This will
+                       prevent x11vnc from crashing if the X server reports
+                       there are 5 buttons (4/5 scroll wheel), but there are
+                       only really 3.
+
 -nodragging            Do not update the display during mouse dragging events
                        (mouse button held down).  Greatly improves response on
                        slow setups, but you lose all visual feedback for drags,

x11vnc/cleanup.c

@@ -325,13 +325,23 @@ static int XIOerr(Display *d) {
 #if !NO_X11
 	if (reopen < rmax && getenv("X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY")) {
 		int db = getenv("X11VNC_REOPEN_DEBUG") ? 1 : 0;
+		int sleepmax = 10, i;
 		Display *save_dpy = dpy;
-		char *dstr = DisplayString(save_dpy);
+		char *dstr = strdup(DisplayString(save_dpy));
 		reopen++;	
+		if (getenv("X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX")) {
+			sleepmax = atoi(getenv("X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX"));
+		}
 		rfbLog("*** XIO error: Trying to reopen[%d/%d] display '%s'\n", reopen, rmax, dstr);
 		rfbLog("*** XIO error: Note the reopened state may be unstable.\n");
-		usleep (3000 * 1000);
+		for (i=0; i < sleepmax; i++) {
-		dpy = XOpenDisplay_wr(dstr);
+			usleep (1000 * 1000);
+			dpy = XOpenDisplay_wr(dstr);
+			rfbLog("dpy[%d/%d]: %p\n", i+1, sleepmax, dpy);
+			if (dpy) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
 		last_open_xdisplay = time(NULL);
 		if (dpy) {
 			rfbLog("*** XIO error: Reopened display '%s' successfully.\n", dstr);
@@ -353,6 +363,7 @@ static int XIOerr(Display *d) {
 			do_new_fb(1);
 			if (db) rfbLog("*** XIO error: check_xevents\n");
 			check_xevents(1);
+
 			/* sadly, we can never return... */
 			if (db) rfbLog("*** XIO error: watch_loop\n");
 			watch_loop();

x11vnc/help.c

@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       mechanism (described below) to try to guess the\n"
 "                       XAUTHORITY filename and use it.\n"
 "\n"
+"                       XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want\n"
+"                       to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an\n"
+"                       X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -auth guess ...\n"
+"                       (This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already\n"
+"                       logged into the X session.)\n"
+"\n"
 "-N                     If the X display is :N, try to set the VNC display to\n"
 "                       also be :N This just sets the -rfbport option to 5900+N\n"
 "                       The program will exit immediately if that port is not\n"
@@ -139,7 +145,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       for display managers like GDM (KillInitClients option)\n"
 "                       that kill x11vnc just after the user logs into the\n"
 "                       X session.  Note: the reopened state may be unstable.\n"
-"                       Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times.\n"
+"                       Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times and\n"
+"                       set X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX to the number of seconds,\n"
+"                       default 10, to keep trying to reopen the display (once\n"
+"                       per second.)\n"
 "\n"
 "                       Update: as of 0.9.9, x11vnc tries to automatically avoid\n"
 "                       being killed by the display manager by delaying creating\n"
@@ -1064,17 +1073,23 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       (i.e. all the X displays on the local machine that you\n"
 "                       have access rights to).\n"
 "\n"
-"-findauth [disp]       Apply the -find/-finddpy heuristics to try to guess the\n"
+"-findauth [disp]       Apply the -find/-finddpy heuristics to try to guess\n"
-"                       XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp' is not\n"
+"                       the XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp'\n"
-"                       supplied, then the value in the -display earlier in\n"
+"                       is not supplied, then the value in the -display on\n"
 "                       the cmdline is used; failing that $DISPLAY is used;\n"
 "                       and failing that \":0\" is used.\n"
 "\n"
 "                       If nothing is printed out, that means no XAUTHORITY was\n"
-"                       found for 'disp'.  If \"XAUTHORITY=\" is printed out,\n"
+"                       found for 'disp'; i.e. failure.  If \"XAUTHORITY=\"\n"
-"                       that means use the default (i.e. do not set XAUTHORITY).\n"
+"                       is printed out, that means use the default (i.e. do\n"
-"                       If \"XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file\" is printed out, then\n"
+"                       not set XAUTHORITY).  If \"XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file\"\n"
-"                       use that file.\n"
+"                       is printed out, then use that file.\n"
+"\n"
+"                       XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want\n"
+"                       to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an\n"
+"                       X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -findauth ...\n"
+"                       (This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already\n"
+"                       logged into the X session.)\n"
 "\n"
 "-create                First try to find the user's display using FINDDISPLAY,\n"
 "                       if that doesn't succeed create an X session via the\n"
@@ -1316,6 +1331,12 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       for how to disable this for dtgreet on Solaris and\n"
 "                       possibly for other greeters.\n"
 "\n"
+"                       In -find/cmd=FINDDISPLAY mode, if you set FD_XDM=1,\n"
+"                       e.g. 'x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -find ...' and x11vnc is\n"
+"                       running as root (e.g. inetd) then it will try to find\n"
+"                       the XAUTHORITY file of a running XDM/GDM/KDM login\n"
+"                       greeter (i.e. no user has logged into an X session yet.)\n"
+"\n"
 "                       As another special case, WAIT:cmd=HTTPONCE will allow\n"
 "                       x11vnc to service one http request and then exit.\n"
 "                       This is usually done in -inetd mode to run on, say,\n"
@@ -2315,7 +2336,21 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       to include the PORT= in the browser URL, simply supply\n"
 "                       \"-httpsredir\" to x11vnc.\n"
 "\n"
-"                       This options does not work in -stunnel mode.\n"
+"                       This option does not work in -stunnel mode.\n"
+"\n"
+"                       More tricks: set the env var X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS\n"
+"                       to be extra URL parameters to use.  This way you do\n"
+"                       not need to specify extra PARAMS in the index.vnc file.\n"
+"                       E.g. x11vnc -env X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS='?GET=1' ...\n"
+"\n"
+"                       If you do not want to expose the non-SSL HTTP port to\n"
+"                       the network (i.e. you just want the single VNC/HTTPS\n"
+"                       port, e.g. 5900, open for connections) then specify the\n"
+"                       option -env X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1  This way\n"
+"                       the connection to the libvncserver httpd server will\n"
+"                       only be available on localhost (note that in -ssl mode,\n"
+"                       HTTPS requests are redirected from SSL to the non-SSL\n"
+"                       libvncserver HTTP server.)\n"
 "\n"
 "-http_oneport          For UN-encrypted connections mode (i.e. no -ssl,\n"
 "                       -stunnel, or -enc options), allow the Java VNC Viewer\n"
@@ -2347,6 +2382,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       mode when using an SSH tunnel as well as for router\n"
 "                       port redirections.\n"
 "\n"
+"                       Note that the -env X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1\n"
+"                       option described above under -httpsredir applies for\n"
+"                       the libvncserver httpd server in all cases (ssl or not.)\n"
+"\n"
 "-ssh user@host:disp    Create a remote listening port on machine \"host\"\n"
 "                       via a SSH tunnel using the -R rport:localhost:lport\n"
 "                       method. lport will be the local x11vnc listening port,\n"
@@ -3179,6 +3218,12 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
 "                       -buttonmap currently does not work on MacOSX console\n"
 "                       or in -rawfb mode.\n"
 "\n"
+"                       Workaround: use -buttonmap IJ...-LM...=n to limit the\n"
+"                       number of mouse buttons to n, e.g. 123-123=3.  This will\n"
+"                       prevent x11vnc from crashing if the X server reports\n"
+"                       there are 5 buttons (4/5 scroll wheel), but there are\n"
+"                       only really 3.\n"
+"\n"
 "-nodragging            Do not update the display during mouse dragging events\n"
 "                       (mouse button held down).  Greatly improves response on\n"
 "                       slow setups, but you lose all visual feedback for drags,\n"

x11vnc/remote.c

@@ -469,6 +469,20 @@ int check_httpdir(void) {
 	}
 }
 
+static void rfb_http_init_sockets(void) {
+	in_addr_t iface;
+	if (!screen) {
+		return;
+	}
+	iface = screen->listenInterface;
+	if (getenv("X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST")) {
+		rfbLog("http_connections: HTTP listen on localhost only. (not HTTPS)\n");
+		screen->listenInterface = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+	}
+	rfbHttpInitSockets(screen);
+	screen->listenInterface = iface;
+}
+
 void http_connections(int on) {
 	if (!screen) {
 		return;
@@ -492,7 +506,7 @@ void http_connections(int on) {
 		screen->httpInitDone = FALSE;
 		if (check_httpdir()) {
 			screen->httpDir = http_dir;
-			rfbHttpInitSockets(screen);
+			rfb_http_init_sockets();
 			if (screen->httpPort != 0 && screen->httpListenSock < 0) {
 				rfbLog("http_connections: failed to listen on http port: %d\n", screen->httpPort);
 				clean_up_exit(1);
@@ -526,7 +540,7 @@ static void reset_httpport(int old, int new) {
 		}
 		rfbLog("reset_httpport: setting httpport %d -> %d.\n",
 		    old == -1 ? hp : old, hp);
-		rfbHttpInitSockets(screen);
+		rfb_http_init_sockets();
 		if (screen->httpPort != 0 && screen->httpListenSock < 0) {
 			rfbLog("reset_httpport: failed to listen on http port: %d\n", screen->httpPort);
 		}

x11vnc/screen.c

@@ -3681,20 +3681,27 @@ static void announce_http(int lport, int ssl, char *iface, char *extra) {
 	
 	char *host = this_host();
 	char *jvu;
+	int http = 0;
 
 	if (enc_str && !strcmp(enc_str, "none") && !use_stunnel) {
 		jvu = "Java viewer URL:         http";
+		http = 1;
 	} else if (ssl == 1) {
 		jvu = "Java SSL viewer URL:     https";
 	} else if (ssl == 2) {
 		jvu = "Java SSL viewer URL:     http";
+		http = 1;
 	} else {
 		jvu = "Java viewer URL:         http";
+		http = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (iface != NULL && *iface != '\0' && strcmp(iface, "any")) {
 		host = iface;
 	}
+	if (http && getenv("X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST")) {
+		host = "localhost";
+	}
 	if (host != NULL) {
 		if (! inetd) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s://%s:%d/%s\n", jvu, host, lport, extra);
@@ -3763,7 +3770,8 @@ void do_mention_java_urls(void) {
 				rfbLog("Where you replace \"host:port\" with that printed below, or\n");
 				rfbLog("whatever is needed to reach the host e.g. Internet IP number\n");
 				rfbLog("\n");
-				rfbLog("Append ?GET=1 to a URL for faster loading.\n");
+				rfbLog("Append ?GET=1 to a URL for faster loading or supply:\n");
+				rfbLog("-env X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS='?GET=1' to cmdline.\n");
 			}
 		}
 		rfbLog("\n");

x11vnc/sslhelper.c

@@ -3626,8 +3626,26 @@ void accept_openssl(int mode, int presock) {
 			 * the rest of the SSL session to it:
 			 */
 			if (n > 0) {
-				if (db) fprintf(stderr, "sending http buffer httpsock: %d\n'%s'\n", httpsock, buf);
+				char *s = getenv("X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS");
-				write(httpsock, buf, n);
+				int did_extra = 0;
+
+				if (db) fprintf(stderr, "sending http buffer httpsock: %d n=%d\n'%s'\n", httpsock, n, buf);
+				if (s != NULL) {
+					char *q = strstr(buf, " HTTP/");
+					if (q) {
+						int m;
+						*q = '\0';
+						m = strlen(buf);
+						write(httpsock, buf, m);
+						write(httpsock, s, strlen(s));
+						*q = ' ';
+						write(httpsock, q, n-m);
+						did_extra = 1;
+					}
+				}
+				if (!did_extra) {
+					write(httpsock, buf, n);
+				}
 			}
 			ssl_xfer(httpsock, s_in, s_out, is_http);
 			rfbLog("SSL: ssl_helper[%d]: exit case 6 (https ssl_xfer done)\n", getpid());

x11vnc/ssltools.h

@@ -1017,6 +1017,14 @@ char find_display[] =
 "	fi\n"
 "}\n"
 "\n"
+"am_root=\"\"\n"
+"if id | sed -e 's/ gid.*$//' | grep -w root > /dev/null; then\n"
+"	am_root=1\n"
+"fi\n"
+"am_gdm=\"\"\n"
+"if id | sed -e 's/ gid.*$//' | grep -w gdm > /dev/null; then\n"
+"	am_gdm=1\n"
+"fi\n"
 "\n"
 "# this mode is to try to grab a display manager (gdm, kdm, xdm...) display\n"
 "# when we are run as root (e.g. no one is logged in yet).  We look at the\n"
@@ -1037,42 +1045,72 @@ char find_display[] =
 "			#\n"
 "			env XAUTHORITY=\"$xa\" xdpyinfo -display \"$da\" >/dev/null 2>&1\n"
 "			if [ $? = 0 ]; then\n"
-"			    env XAUTHORITY=/dev/null xdpyinfo -display \"$da\" >/dev/null 2>&1\n"
+"				si_root=\"\"\n"
-"			    if [ $? != 0 ]; then\n"
+"				si_gdm=\"\"\n"
-"				y=`prdpy $da`\n"
+"				# recent gdm seems to use SI:localuser: for xauth.\n"
-"				echo \"DISPLAY=$y\"\n"
+"				if env DISPLAY=\"$da\" xhost 2>/dev/null | grep -i '^SI:localuser:root$' > /dev/null; then\n"
-"				if [ \"X$showxauth\" != \"X\" ]; then\n"
+"					si_root=1\n"
-"					# copy the cookie:\n"
+"				fi\n"
-"					cook=`xauth -f \"$xa\" list | head -n 1 | awk '{print $NF}'`\n"
+"				if env DISPLAY=\"$da\" xhost 2>/dev/null | grep -i '^SI:localuser:gdm$'  > /dev/null; then\n"
-"					xtf=$HOME/.xat.$$\n"
+"					si_gdm=1\n"
-"					xtf=`mytmp \"$xtf\"`\n"
+"				fi\n"
-"					if [ ! -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"				env XAUTHORITY=/dev/null xdpyinfo -display \"$da\" >/dev/null 2>&1\n"
-"						xtf=/tmp/.xat.$$\n"
+"				rc=$?\n"
-"						xtf=`mytmp \"$xtf\"`\n"
+"				if [ \"X$rc\" = \"X0\" ]; then\n"
+"					# assume it is ok for server interpreted case.\n"
+"					if [ \"X$am_root\" = \"X1\" -a \"X$si_root\" = \"X1\" ]; then\n"
+"						rc=5\n"
+"					elif [ \"X$am_gdm\" = \"X1\" -a \"X$si_gdm\" = \"X1\" ]; then\n"
+"						rc=6\n"
 "					fi\n"
-"					if [ ! -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"				fi\n"
-"						xtf=/tmp/.xatb.$$\n"
+"				if [ $rc != 0 ]; then\n"
-"						rm -f $xtf\n"
+"					y=`prdpy $da`\n"
-"						if [ -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"					if [ \"X$FIND_DISPLAY_NO_SHOW_DISPLAY\" = \"X\" ]; then\n"
-"							exit 1\n"
+"						echo \"DISPLAY=$y\"\n"
+"					fi\n"
+"					if [ \"X$FIND_DISPLAY_XAUTHORITY_PATH\" != \"X\" ]; then\n"
+"						# caller wants XAUTHORITY printed out too.\n"
+"						if [ \"X$xa\" != \"X\" -a -f \"$xa\" ]; then\n"
+"							echo \"XAUTHORITY=$xa\"\n"
+"						else\n"
+"							echo \"XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY\"\n"
+"						fi\n"
+"					fi\n"
+"					if [ \"X$showxauth\" != \"X\" ]; then\n"
+"						# copy the cookie:\n"
+"						cook=`xauth -f \"$xa\" list | head -n 1 | awk '{print $NF}'`\n"
+"						xtf=$HOME/.xat.$$\n"
+"						xtf=`mytmp \"$xtf\"`\n"
+"						if [ ! -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"							xtf=/tmp/.xat.$$\n"
+"							xtf=`mytmp \"$xtf\"`\n"
 "						fi\n"
-"						touch $xtf 2>/dev/null\n"
-"						chmod 600 $xtf 2>/dev/null\n"
 "						if [ ! -f $xtf ]; then\n"
-"							exit 1\n"
+"							xtf=/tmp/.xatb.$$\n"
+"							rm -f $xtf\n"
+"							if [ -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"								exit 1\n"
+"							fi\n"
+"							touch $xtf 2>/dev/null\n"
+"							chmod 600 $xtf 2>/dev/null\n"
+"							if [ ! -f $xtf ]; then\n"
+"								exit 1\n"
+"							fi\n"
 "						fi\n"
+"						xauth -f $xtf add \"$da\" . $cook\n"
+"						xauth -f $xtf extract - \"$da\" 2>/dev/null\n"
+"						rm -f $xtf\n"
 "					fi\n"
-"					xauth -f $xtf add \"$da\" . $cook\n"
+"					# DONE\n"
-"					xauth -f $xtf extract - \"$da\" 2>/dev/null\n"
+"					exit 0\n"
-"					rm -f $xtf\n"
 "				fi\n"
-"				# DONE\n"
-"				exit 0\n"
-"			    fi\n"
 "			fi\n"
 "		fi\n"
 "	done\n"
-"	echo \"\"		# failure\n"
+"	if [ \"X$FIND_DISPLAY_XAUTHORITY_PATH\" = \"X\" ]; then\n"
+"		echo \"\"		# failure\n"
+"	fi\n"
 "	if [ \"X$showxauth\" != \"X\" ]; then\n"
 "		echo \"\"\n"
 "	fi\n"
@@ -1106,7 +1144,7 @@ char find_display[] =
 "	for xa in /tmp/.gdm* /tmp/.Xauth* /var/run/gdm/auth-for-*/database /var/run/gdm/auth-cookie-*-for-*\n"
 "	do\n"
 "		# try to be somewhat careful about the real owner of the file:\n"
-"		if id | sed -e 's/ gid.*$//' | grep -w root > /dev/null; then\n"
+"		if [ \"X$am_root\" = \"X1\" ]; then\n"
 "			break\n"
 "		fi\n"
 "		if [ -f $xa -a -r $xa ]; then\n"

x11vnc/x11vnc.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .TH X11VNC "1" "December 2009" "x11vnc " "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays
-         version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-12-04
+         version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-12-06
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B x11vnc
 [OPTION]...
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ man pages for more info.
 Use '-auth guess' to have x11vnc use its \fB-findauth\fR
 mechanism (described below) to try to guess the
 XAUTHORITY filename and use it.
+.IP
+XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
+to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
+X session yet, use: x11vnc \fB-env\fR FD_XDM=1 \fB-auth\fR guess ...
+(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
+logged into the X session.)
 .PP
 \fB-N\fR
 .IP
@@ -110,7 +116,10 @@ reopen the X display (up to one time.)  This is of use
 for display managers like GDM (KillInitClients option)
 that kill x11vnc just after the user logs into the
 X session.  Note: the reopened state may be unstable.
-Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times.
+Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times and
+set X11VNC_REOPEN_SLEEP_MAX to the number of seconds,
+default 10, to keep trying to reopen the display (once
+per second.)
 .IP
 Update: as of 0.9.9, x11vnc tries to automatically avoid
 being killed by the display manager by delaying creating
@@ -1184,17 +1193,23 @@ have access rights to).
 .PP
 \fB-findauth\fR \fI[disp]\fR
 .IP
-Apply the \fB-find/-finddpy\fR heuristics to try to guess the
+Apply the \fB-find/-finddpy\fR heuristics to try to guess
-XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp' is not
+the XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'.  If 'disp'
-supplied, then the value in the \fB-display\fR earlier in
+is not supplied, then the value in the \fB-display\fR on
 the cmdline is used; failing that $DISPLAY is used;
 and failing that ":0" is used.
 .IP
 If nothing is printed out, that means no XAUTHORITY was
-found for 'disp'.  If "XAUTHORITY=" is printed out,
+found for 'disp'; i.e. failure.  If "XAUTHORITY="
-that means use the default (i.e. do not set XAUTHORITY).
+is printed out, that means use the default (i.e. do
-If "XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file" is printed out, then
+not set XAUTHORITY).  If "XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file"
-use that file.
+is printed out, then use that file.
+.IP
+XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
+to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
+X session yet, use: x11vnc \fB-env\fR FD_XDM=1 \fB-findauth\fR ...
+(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
+logged into the X session.)
 .PP
 \fB-create\fR
 .IP
@@ -1471,6 +1486,12 @@ www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-display-manager
 for how to disable this for dtgreet on Solaris and
 possibly for other greeters.
 .IP
+In \fB-find/cmd=FINDDISPLAY\fR mode, if you set FD_XDM=1,
+e.g. 'x11vnc \fB-env\fR FD_XDM=1 \fB-find\fR ...' and x11vnc is
+running as root (e.g. inetd) then it will try to find
+the XAUTHORITY file of a running XDM/GDM/KDM login
+greeter (i.e. no user has logged into an X session yet.)
+.IP
 As another special case, WAIT:cmd=HTTPONCE will allow
 x11vnc to service one http request and then exit.
 This is usually done in \fB-inetd\fR mode to run on, say,
@@ -2540,7 +2561,21 @@ https://mygateway.com:8000/?PORT=8000.  To avoid having
 to include the PORT= in the browser URL, simply supply
 "\fB-httpsredir\fR" to x11vnc.
 .IP
-This options does not work in \fB-stunnel\fR mode.
+This option does not work in \fB-stunnel\fR mode.
+.IP
+More tricks: set the env var X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS
+to be extra URL parameters to use.  This way you do
+not need to specify extra PARAMS in the index.vnc file.
+E.g. x11vnc \fB-env\fR X11VNC_EXTRA_HTTPS_PARAMS='?GET=1' ...
+.IP
+If you do not want to expose the non-SSL HTTP port to
+the network (i.e. you just want the single VNC/HTTPS
+port, e.g. 5900, open for connections) then specify the
+option \fB-env\fR X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1  This way
+the connection to the libvncserver httpd server will
+only be available on localhost (note that in \fB-ssl\fR mode,
+HTTPS requests are redirected from SSL to the non-SSL
+libvncserver HTTP server.)
 .PP
 \fB-http_oneport\fR
 .IP
@@ -2573,6 +2608,10 @@ it means only one port needs to be redirected.
 The \fB-httpsredir\fR option may also be useful for this
 mode when using an SSH tunnel as well as for router
 port redirections.
+.IP
+Note that the \fB-env\fR X11VNC_HTTP_LISTEN_LOCALHOST=1
+option described above under \fB-httpsredir\fR applies for
+the libvncserver httpd server in all cases (ssl or not.)
 .PP
 \fB-ssh\fR \fIuser@host:disp\fR
 .IP
@@ -3605,6 +3644,12 @@ To include button events use "Button1", ... etc.
 .IP
 \fB-buttonmap\fR currently does not work on MacOSX console
 or in \fB-rawfb\fR mode.
+.IP
+Workaround: use \fB-buttonmap\fR IJ...-LM...=n to limit the
+number of mouse buttons to n, e.g. 123-123=3.  This will
+prevent x11vnc from crashing if the X server reports
+there are 5 buttons (4/5 scroll wheel), but there are
+only really 3.
 .PP
 \fB-nodragging\fR
 .IP

x11vnc/x11vnc.c

@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	int got_tls = 0;
 	int got_inetd = 0;
 	int got_noxrandr = 0;
+	int got_findauth = 0;
 
 	/* used to pass args we do not know about to rfbGetScreen(): */
 	int argc_vnc_max = 1024;
@@ -2180,24 +2181,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-findauth")) {
-			int ic = 0;
+			got_findauth = 1;
-			if (use_dpy != NULL) {
-				set_env("DISPLAY", use_dpy);
-			}
-			use_dpy = strdup("WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY-run");
 			if (argc > i+1) {
-				set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY", argv[i+1]);
+				char *s = argv[i+1];
-			} else if (getenv("DISPLAY")) {
+				if (s[0] != '-') {
-				set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY", getenv("DISPLAY"));
+					set_env("FINDAUTH_DISPLAY", argv[i+1]);
-			} else {
+					i++;
-				set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY", ":0");
+				}
 			}
-			set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY_NEGATE", "1");
-			set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_XAUTHORITY_PATH", "1");
-			set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_NO_SHOW_XAUTH", "1");
-			set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_NO_SHOW_DISPLAY", "1");
-			wait_for_client(&ic, NULL, 0);
-			exit(0);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-create")) {
@@ -4030,6 +4021,33 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		set_env("PATH", "/bin:/usr/bin");
 	}
 
+	/* handle -findauth case now that cmdline has been read */
+	if (got_findauth) {
+		char *s;
+		int ic = 0;
+		if (use_dpy != NULL) {
+			set_env("DISPLAY", use_dpy);
+		}
+		use_dpy = strdup("WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY-run");
+
+		s = getenv("FINDAUTH_DISPLAY");
+		if (s && strcmp("", s)) {
+			set_env("DISPLAY", s);
+		}
+		s = getenv("DISPLAY");
+		if (s && strcmp("", s)) {
+			set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY", s);
+		} else {
+			set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY", ":0");
+		}
+		set_env("X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY_NEGATE", "1");
+		set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_XAUTHORITY_PATH", "1");
+		set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_NO_SHOW_XAUTH", "1");
+		set_env("FIND_DISPLAY_NO_SHOW_DISPLAY", "1");
+		wait_for_client(&ic, NULL, 0);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
 	/* set OS struct UT */
 	uname(&UT);
 

x11vnc/x11vnc_defs.c

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int xtrap_base_event_type = 0;
 int xdamage_base_event_type = 0;
 
 /*               date +'lastmod: %Y-%m-%d' */
-char lastmod[] = "0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-04";
+char lastmod[] = "0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-06";
 
 /* X display info */