HOWTO - Linux VNCserver

This article is a HOWTO for running VNCserver on Linux. These examples are specific to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
, but should work on any type of Linux system.
What is VNCserver?VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It was originally developed by AT&T as a way to administer machines without using the console. If you have used
Windows Terminal Services (RDP)
, VNC will seem very familiar.
Why use VNCserver?In Linux, everything can be done from a
shell
. However, there may be a time when you need to access the machine as if you were at the console.
Getting StartedYou will need several things to get started:

• root privledges
  
• VNC client software (tightVNC, you can download it
  here
  .)
  
• A good password!

As I mentioned above, this example is done with RHEL, which comes standard with VNCserver installed. To start the vncserver simply invoke the following commands: [root@roswell etc]# service vncserver start
Starting VNC server:                                       [  OK  ]
[root@roswell etc]#
[root@roswell etc]# vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
[root@roswell etc]#
[root@roswell etc]# vncserver
New 'roswell:1 (root)' desktop is roswell:1
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/roswell:1.log
[root@roswell etc]#
So what did we do there? First, we started the vncserver service. It may or may not have already been running on your system. Next we set a password to access the VNC desktop. When you set the password, you will not see any characters on the screen, and you must enter the password twice. You will only need to do this the very first time you run vncserver. The password will be saved in the Linux filesystem, and you can change it at any time by invoking the vncpasswd command again. Last, to activate the VNC desktop, we simply invoked the vncserver command. Notice the output; the desktop is named "roswell:1" which can also be replaced via the machines IP address.
ConnectingAssuming you already installed
TightVNC
or another VNC client, enter the desktop name:

标签：

版权申明：本站文章部分自网络，如有侵权，请联系：west999com@outlook.com
特别注意：本站所有转载文章言论不代表本站观点，本站所提供的摄影照片，插画，设计作品，如需使用，请与原作者联系，版权归原作者所有