vncmanager-controller does not perists settings

[januhlir]

I would like to have always permanent session when I log into VNC. Like on a proper Terminal Server. Ideally for every user.

vncmanager has a very nice GUI tool but surprisingly no CLI tool (surprisingly for linux ;)
I like vncmanager-controller very much but it's good only for one-off, ad hoc settings. It forgets my settings with every restart :( Is it a bug or a design feature?

How can I make my settings permanent? And by my setting is mean mainly how to make every session permanent with vncmanager?

There is a configuration file in /etc/vnc/vncmanager.conf but from what I see there, from the example in sources, permanent session as default cannot be configured there.

Posted on Stack Exchange: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/546313/is-there-a-way-how-to-persist-vncmanager-settings-for-user

Posted on openSuse Forum: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/537841-Is-there-a-way-how-to-persist-vncmanager-settings-for-user?p=2916700

[michalsrb]

It would be nice to have as optional feature, pull requests are welcome.

The vncmanager-controller modifies the runtime state of the session that is handled by vncmanager. You do not necessarily want all your sessions to automatically have the same sharing and persistence configuration. I think about it as ssh connections - normally if you disconnect, your terminal session is lost, unless you actively start screen (or similar) inside the session to persist it.

I think the easiest way to achieve what you want is to implement command line interface for vncmanager-controller and then run it with the desired parameters at start of the graphical session. I.e. if there is configuration given on command line, it is a one-shot program that applies the setting and quits. If there is no configuration, it shows the window/tray icon as today.