Seeking help configuring vnc

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Mon Jun 12 19:35:18 UTC 2006


Thanks. This has been very helpful.

William Hooper writes:
> 
> Janina Sajka wrote:
> > I have a server in a data center with great pipes to the net, and I have
> > associates who need to attach using vnc. Unfortunately, I can't test
> > whether I've got things working (because I'm blind), so I'd like to ask
> > questions here to help me get things configured. So, here goes ...
> >
> > 1.)	chkconfig vncserver on
> >
> >
> > If I understand the documentation I've read correctly, I only want to
> > run vncserver as a service if I want my users' sessions persisted. Is that
> > correct?
> 
> Not really.  The function of the vncserver "service" is to start VNC
> sessions at boot.  However, using the "service" also make sure all your
> sessions are started in the same order, so a user gets consistent display
> numbers.
> 
> > 2.)	To ask the same question another way, any of my users who can
> > login to their shell account via ssh can activate vncserver whenever they
> > wish, is that correct? service vncserver does not need to be started.
> 
> Correct.  The next available display number will be used (unless it is
> specified in the command).  This means if two users are using VNC, the
> next display number is 3.  If one of ther first users kills the VNC server
> (say the one with display 2), then the next user will take that display
> number (display 2).
> 
> The session will continue running until it is killed via "vncserver --kill
> [display]".
> 
> > 3.)	I see where each user needs to run vncpasswd, and where various
> > configuration options are creatable under $HOME/.vnc/xstartup. Is this
> > sufficient?
> 
> Yes.  These files are needed if you use the service or if you don't.
> 
> > Or, do I still need to list each user allowed to launch vnc in
> > /etc/sysconfig/vncservers?
> 
> No.  The /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file is only used for the vncserver
> "service".
> 
> > I'm sure there will be a few more questions--especially about securing
> > things,
> 
> Securing things is easy.  Don't allow direct connections to VNC, only
> allow SSH tunnels.
> 
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