--- vnc_unixsrc/vncserver.halfbaked	2003-02-19 21:00:35.000000000 -0700
+++ vnc_unixsrc/vncserver	2003-02-19 21:00:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -153,15 +153,8 @@
 $desktopLog = "$vncUserDir/$host:$displayNumber.log";
 unlink($desktopLog);
 
-# Make an X server cookie - use as the seed the sum of the current time, our
-# PID and part of the encrypted form of the password.  Ideally we'd use
-# /dev/urandom, but that's only available on Linux.
-
-srand(time+$$+unpack("L",`cat $vncUserDir/passwd`));
-$cookie = "";
-for (1..16) {
-    $cookie .= sprintf("%02x", int(rand(256)));
-}
+# Use mcookie to make an X server cookie
+$cookie = `/usr/bin/mcookie`;
 
 system("xauth -f $xauthorityFile add $host:$displayNumber . $cookie");
 system("xauth -f $xauthorityFile add $host/unix:$displayNumber . $cookie");