You are a champ!!! Worked first time. Thanks and thanks to the community! Gary B On 10/02/16 03:02 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 02/10/2016 11:07 AM, Gary Baribault wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I've been running Fedore for years, and it used to be I could just >> walk the menus and share my desktop. That doesn't seem to work any more. >> I've googled until my fingers bled... I can get VNCServer up and running >> but when I access it from another machine I get a desktop but it's a new >> desktop. I want to access the existing desktop from another computer... >> >> I know, it's dangerous, but my FW to the internet is a CentOS box with >> SSH and to get to my desktop you need to ssh to my FW with proper >> credentials, and forward a tunnel to my desktop and then log in there as >> well, so I'm comfortable with the security. >> >> So, how do I set it up to share the existing desktop? > > You need to a) make sure you've installed the "tigervnc-server-module" > RPM (which provides the /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libvnc.so > module); and b) add the "vnc" module to X. > > To do the latter, I have a file: > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-vnc.conf > > that contains this content: > > # This file was manually created by Rick Stevens > Section "Module" > Load "vnc" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth" > Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth" > Option "passwordfile" "/path/to/your/vncpasswd/file" > EndSection > > Obviously, replace "/path/to/your/vncpasswd/file" with the appropriate > stuff (the double quotes MUST be there) and you'll need to create > that password file and password using > > vncpasswd /path/to/your/vncpasswd/file > > Then reboot and you SHOULD be able to just "vncviewer remotehostname", > enter the password you used for the "vncpasswd" command and the main > main desktop should appear (assuming your firewall permits incoming > connections for that port, typically TCP port 5900). > > You can also tunnel the remote VNC session via ssh: > > vncviewer --via user@hostname hostname > > You'd need to put in the ssh password first, then the VNC password. > I do this to access my desktop at home (my firewall only permits > incoming ssh sessions from my office IP or my internal home network). > > Alternately, you can use something like TeamViewer. It's up to you. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - Brain: The organ with which we think that we think. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
