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Thursday, 28th March 2024

Comment on How to change / reset lost or forgot TightVNC administrator password by jems.

Admin:
  For some reason, when I try to reply to this thread, it auto-fills the comment field with NULL, and won't let me type.  So I have to start another.
Anyway, I have this running on 10 WinXP VMs, and all have the same issue.  I'd hate to uninstall each TightVNC.
I'm not all that knowledgeable of the registry.  Is there something I can tweak there to make it 'forget' the password?

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How to change / reset lost or forgot TightVNC administrator password
I just checked the WindowsTemp directory, and it is empty.
I still have VNC Admin, without authenticating.


How to change / reset lost or forgot TightVNC administrator password
Admin:
Thanks for the reply! But it does not help. Let me explain more. I have System A running TightVNC on WinXP. I connect to it from System B, and gain admin access with the password. If I disconnect and reconnect from System B I immediatly have admin. The odd thing, is if I then connect to the original System A from an entirely new client (system C), it will have admin access on System A!. It’s as if the target is remembering? It seems odd that this would have been designed into the application.
I don’t work with Windows much either (I use 99% linux), and it does the same thing from a Linux client using vncviewer; the target remembers my password.
What you’re sayins is I should delete Windows temporary files on System A?


How to change / reset lost or forgot TightVNC administrator password
I’ve installed TightVNC 2.6 on a WinXP system. It works great, but I noticed a security issue. Once I authenticate with Admin, it remembers that after I disconnect and reconnect. Even if I connect from another client, and click on the icon, I instantly have admin access. Isn’t this a bit of a security issue? I couldn’t find any discussion on this, either.
Is there a way to make it “forget” the admin password once the client drops off, and force re-authentication for the next client?


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