Submitted by ggarron on Mon, 02/05/2007 - 01:19
As VNC is not a secure way to connect to your linux server, you can run VNC over an SSH connection, here is how
First install your vnc server
- For Fedora and CentOS
yum install vnc vnc-server
- For Debian and Ubuntu
apt-get install vncserver
Configure your VNC server
- Run this command, this will start your vncserver running in "possition" 20, with 8 bits of colour and a screen of 1024x768
vncserver :20 -depth 8 -geometry 1024x768
- Stop the server use this other command
vncserver -kill :20
- Edit the applications file, to have your GNOME or KDE running when you connect to the PC using VNC
** Only for Fedora and CentOS **
vi ~/.vnc/xstartup
- Here be sure you have a content like this
# Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: unset SESSION_MANAGER exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey vncconfig -iconic & xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & #twm & gnome-session &
Configure Putty on Windows
- Open VNCViewer on your windows and point to your localhost:20
- You should see something like this.
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Hi guys, this works for me.
I had to bear this in mind though;
You DONT need a X Server on the remote linux box. VNCServer acts like a XServer.
5920 is the port that vncserver listens on - see the putty screenshot
localhost:20 is from "vncserver :20"
follow the instructions exactly, use port 20 etc... and it will work.
I can confirm that you DONT nedd to open port 5920 on the server for inbound traffic - this is specifically why this solution rules
kind regards,
stu