How to install UltraVNC Repeater for Linux (Debian & CentOS)

#We have created a version based on the repeater014.zip version which is at
#http://koti.mbnet.fi/jtko/uvncrepeater/repeater014.zip

#So, you can download UltraVNC repeater by giving
#wget http://www.wisdomsoftware.gr/download/uvncrep017-ws.tar.gz

#Get build packages
#For Debian use
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential

#For CentOS use:
yum install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential

#Get source into /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://www.wisdomsoftware.gr/download/uvncrep017-ws.tar.gz

#Unzip source file
gunzip uvncrep017-ws.tar.gz
tar -xvf uvncrep017-ws.tar

#Install startup script
cd uvncrep017-ws
make; make install;

#Add a user for the service
useradd uvncrep

#Edit /etc/uvnc/uvncrepeater.ini according to your needs.
#Check the following parameters:
viewerport = 5901
maxsessions = 10
runasuser = uvncrep
logginglevel = 2
srvListAllow1 = 192.168.0.0 ;Allow network 192.168.x.x
srvListDeny0 = 127.0.0.1 ;Deny loopback
requirelistedserver=1

 


#Start the service
/etc/init.d/uvncrepeater start

Enjoy!

P.S. You can also check our post at:

http://forum.ultravnc.info/viewtopic.php?p=80701

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uvncrepeater on ubuntu 10.04 (ubuntu is based on debian)

1.- To add a user, best use:
adduser --no-create-home  --system uvncrep

2.- The /etc/init.d/uvncrepeater script:
    #!/bin/sh
    #######
    #Filename: uvncrepeater
    #Version: v1.02
    #Location: /etc/init.d
    #Author: Fafakos Panayiotis - Greece
    #Licence: GNU-GPL
    #######
    # Version info
    #-------
    # v1.02 - 20101122 - Corrected restart option
    #-------
    # v1.01 - 20101015 - Updated release for CentOS
    # - Added small corrections to make it work under CentOS
    # (update-rc.d and start-stop-daemon do not exist in CentOS)
    #-------
    # v1.00 - Initial release for Debian
    #######
    ### BEGIN INIT INFO
    # Provides:          uvncrepeater
    # Required-Start:    $network $syslog
    # Required-Stop:     
    # Default-Start:     2 3 5
    # Default-Stop:      0 6
    # Short-Description: Start ultravnc repeater daemon at boot time
    # Description:       Enable ultravnc repeater service.
    ### END INIT INFO


    PATH=/sbin:/bin
    SCRIPTNAME=$0
    UVNCREPPID=/var/run/uvncrepeater.pid
    UVNCREPLOG=/var/log/uvncrepeater.log
    UVNCREPRUN=/usr/sbin/uvncrepeater-log
    UVNCREPSVC=/usr/sbin/uvncrepeatersvc
    UVNCREPINI=/etc/uvnc/uvncrepeater.ini

    SYSTYPE=Debian
    ##type start-stop-daemon
    if test $? -gt 0 ; then
            echo This is not a Debian system, or start-stop-daemon has not been installed.
            SYSTYPE=other
    fi

    #if service file does not exist then exit the script
    if test ! -x $UVNCREPSVC ; then
        echo $UVNCREPSVC file was not found.
        echo Exiting...
        exit 2
    fi

    #Create the file to start the service if it does not exist
    if test ! -x $UVNCREPRUN ; then
        echo '#!/bin/sh' > $UVNCREPRUN
        echo 'exec' $UVNCREPSVC $UVNCREPINI '2>>' $UVNCREPLOG  >> $UVNCREPRUN
        chmod +x $UVNCREPRUN
    fi

    pidof_uvncrepeatersvc() {
            # if there is actually an apache2 process whose pid is in PIDFILE,
            # print it and return 0.
            if [ -e "$UVNCREPPID" ]; then
                    if pidof $UVNCREPSVC |grep $(cat $UVNCREPPID); then
                            return 0
                    fi
            fi
            return 1
    }


    case "$1" in
    start)
      echo -n "Running UltraVNC Repeater..."
      if [ "$SYSTYPE" = "Debian" ]; then
            start-stop-daemon --start -b -m -p $UVNCREPPID --exec $UVNCREPRUN -- $UVNCREPLOG
      else
            $UVNCREPRUN -- $UVNCREPLOG &
            echo $! > $UVNCREPPID
      fi
      echo "."
      ;;
    stop)
      echo  "Stopping UltraVNC Repeater..."
      if [ "$SYSTYPE" = "Debian" ]; then
                    start-stop-daemon --stop -p $UVNCREPPID
      else
            UVNCPID=`cat $UVNCREPPID`
            echo $UVNCREPRUN should be running at $UVNCPID
            if [ -e /proc/$UVNCPID -a /proc/$UVNCPID/exe ]; then
                    echo Seems that this process exists. Trying to stop it...
                    kill -15 $UVNCPID
                    rm -f $UVNCREPPPID
            fi

      fi
      rm $UVNCREPPID
      ;;
    restart)
            "$SCRIPTNAME" stop && "$SCRIPTNAME" start
      ;;
    force-reload)
            "$SCRIPTNAME" stop && "$SCRIPTNAME" start
      ;;
    status)
            PID=$(pidof_uvncrepeatersvc) || true
        if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
                    echo "UvncRepeaterSvc is running (pid $PID)."
            exit 0
        else
            echo "UvncRepeaterSvc is NOT running."
            exit 1
        fi
      ;;

    *)
      echo "Usage:  $BASENAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
      exit 1
      ;;

    esac

    exit 0