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#!/bin/bash
#
# Wrapper around ssh and vncviewer
#

# Parameters
BASENAME="`basename $0`"
SERVER="$1"
LOCALPORT="${2:-5901}"
REMOTEPORT="${3:-5901}"

# Clipboard options
# In practice, clipboard limitations are not working as expected
# So please do not use this script if you don't want to automatically share clipboard with the remote system
# This is probably a bug on xtigervncviewer
VIEWER_OPTS="-AcceptClipboard=off -SendClipboard=off -SetPrimary=off -SendPrimary=off"

# Check
if [ -z "$SERVER" ]; then
  if [ -h "$HOME/.vnc/default.passwd" ]; then
    SERVER="$(basename `readlink $HOME/.vnc/default.passwd` .passwd)"
  else
    echo "usage: $BASENAME <server> [localport] [remoteport]"
    exit 1
  fi
fi

# Check if vncserver is running in the remote server and start otherwise
ssh $SERVER <<EOF
  HOSTNAME="\$(cat /etc/hostname)"

  if [ -e "\$HOME/.vnc/\$HOSTNAME:1.pid" ]; then
    PID="\$(cat \$HOME/.vnc/\$HOSTNAME:1.pid)"

    if ! ps \$PID &> /dev/null; then
      /usr/bin/vncserver -alwaysshared -dpi 96 -localhost :1
    fi
  else
    /usr/bin/vncserver -alwaysshared -dpi 96 -localhost :1
  fi
EOF

# See http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/11/24/auto-closing-ssh-tunnels/
# Optional SSH compression
#ssh -C -c blowfish -f -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 $SERVER sleep 10
ssh -f -L $LOCALPORT:127.0.0.1:$REMOTEPORT $SERVER sleep 10

# Run VNC client
# Copy $SERVER:~/.vnc/passwd into $HOME/.vnc/$SERVER.passwd for passwordless login
if [ -e "$HOME/.vnc/$SERVER.passwd" ]; then
  vncviewer $VIEWER_OPTS -passwd $HOME/.vnc/$SERVER.passwd localhost:$LOCALPORT
else
  vncviewer $VIEWER_OPTS localhost:$LOCALPORT
fi