diff --git a/unix/vncserver b/unix/vncserver
index 9102505..2952456 100755
--- a/unix/vncserver
+++ b/unix/vncserver
@@ -96,42 +96,13 @@ my %config;
 $kasmAuthEnabled = 1;
 
 if ($kasmAuthEnabled) {
-    if (!(-e "$ENV{HOME}/.kasmpasswd")) {
-        warn "\nYou will require a password to access your desktops.\n\n";
-        system($exedir."kasmvncpasswd $ENV{HOME}/.kasmpasswd");
-        if (($? >> 8) != 0) {
-            exit 1;
-        }
-    }
+   &TellUserToSetupUserAndPassword();
 }
 
 $desktopLog = "$vncUserDir/$host:$displayNumber.log";
 unlink($desktopLog);
 
-# Make an X server cookie and set up the Xauthority file
-# mcookie is a part of util-linux, usually only GNU/Linux systems have it.
-$cookie = `mcookie`;
-# Fallback for non GNU/Linux OS - use /dev/urandom on systems that have it,
-# otherwise use perl's random number generator, seeded with the sum
-# of the current time, our PID and part of the encrypted form of the password.
-if ($cookie eq "" && open(URANDOM, '<', '/dev/urandom')) {
-  my $randata;
-  if (sysread(URANDOM, $randata, 16) == 16) {
-    $cookie = unpack 'h*', $randata;
-  }
-  close(URANDOM);
-}
-if ($cookie eq "") {
-  srand(time+$$+unpack("L",`cat $vncUserDir/passwd`));
-  for (1..16) {
-    $cookie .= sprintf("%02x", int(rand(256)) % 256);
-  }
-}
-
-open(XAUTH, "|xauth -f $xauthorityFile source -");
-print XAUTH "add $host:$displayNumber . $cookie\n";
-print XAUTH "add $host/unix:$displayNumber . $cookie\n";
-close(XAUTH);
+&SetupXauthorityFile();
 
 # Now start the X VNC Server
 
@@ -919,3 +890,46 @@ sub DisableVncAuth() {
    # Disable vnc auth, kasmvnc uses https basic auth
    system("echo 'WrLNwLrcrxM=' | base64 -d > $vncUserDir/passwd");
 }
+
+sub TellUserToSetupUserAndPassword {
+   if (!(-e "$ENV{HOME}/.kasmpasswd")) {
+      warn "\nYou will require a password to access your desktops.\n\n";
+      system($exedir."kasmvncpasswd $ENV{HOME}/.kasmpasswd");
+      if (($? >> 8) != 0) {
+         exit 1;
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+sub MakeXCookie {
+   # Make an X server cookie and set up the Xauthority file
+   # mcookie is a part of util-linux, usually only GNU/Linux systems have it.
+   my $cookie = `mcookie`;
+   # Fallback for non GNU/Linux OS - use /dev/urandom on systems that have it,
+   # otherwise use perl's random number generator, seeded with the sum
+   # of the current time, our PID and part of the encrypted form of the password.
+   if ($cookie eq "" && open(URANDOM, '<', '/dev/urandom')) {
+      my $randata;
+      if (sysread(URANDOM, $randata, 16) == 16) {
+         $cookie = unpack 'h*', $randata;
+      }
+      close(URANDOM);
+   }
+   if ($cookie eq "") {
+      srand(time+$$+unpack("L",`cat $vncUserDir/passwd`));
+      for (1..16) {
+         $cookie .= sprintf("%02x", int(rand(256)) % 256);
+      }
+   }
+
+   return $cookie;
+}
+
+sub SetupXauthorityFile {
+   my $cookie = &MakeXCookie();
+
+   open(XAUTH, "|xauth -f $xauthorityFile source -");
+   print XAUTH "add $host:$displayNumber . $cookie\n";
+   print XAUTH "add $host/unix:$displayNumber . $cookie\n";
+   close(XAUTH);
+}