[Bug 409945] New: vncviewer: man page and useage don't match
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409945 Summary: vncviewer: man page and useage don't match Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 Applications AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: martin@oneiros.de QAContact: sndirsch@novell.com Found By: ---
From vncviewer(1):
-user username User name for Unix login authentication. Default is to use current Unix user name. If this option was given, the viewer will prefer Unix login authentication over the standard VNC authentication. -------------------
vncviewer -user mschroeder macmini TightVNC Viewer version 1.3.9
Usage: vncviewer [<OPTIONS>] [<HOST>][:
rpm -qi tightvnc Name : tightvnc Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.3.9 Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany Release : 15 Build Date: Fr 21 Sep 2007 23:48:18 CEST Install Date: Di 20 Nov 2007 15:54:51 CET Build Host: hammer14.suse.de Group : Productivity/Networking/Remote Desktop Source RPM: tightvnc-1.3.9-15.src.rpm Size : 599019 License: GPL v2 or later Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fr 21 Sep 2007 23:55:16 CEST, Key ID a84edae89c800aca Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org URL : http://www.tightvnc.com Summary : A virtual X-Window System server Description : With vnc, start a virtual X Windows System server and get access to it from different machines with the vnc-viewer. You can change the machine without terminating your session.
The viewer and server are also available for Windows -- they allow
access to vnc under Windows. You can find it under /dosutils/tightvnc
on the installation media.
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Constantin Kaplinsky
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Stefan Dirsch
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Reinhard Max
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Martin Schröder
man -w vncviewer /usr/share/man/man1/vncviewer.1.gz rpm -qf /usr/share/man/man1/vncviewer.1.gz tightvnc-1.3.9-15 zgrep -B0 -A2 -- -user /usr/share/man/man1/vncviewer.1.gz \fB\-user\fR \fIusername\fR User name for Unix login authentication. Default is to use current Unix user name. If this option was given, the viewer will prefer Unix
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