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WeiWu: /* Connect to VNC server */

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Connect to VNC server

2018-07-03T20:30:55Z

Connect to VNC server

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Connect to VNC server

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Connect to VNC server

2018-06-22T21:17:23Z

Create a VNC service file

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Connect to VNC server

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Install and configure TightVNC and xfce desktop

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Install and configure TightVNC and xfce desktop

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Install and configure TightVNC and xfce desktop

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 Now use Remmina/TightVNC Viewer/ETC to connect to the VNC server.
-On Remmina, use localhost:5901. No username. Password is: Go-AsK-Ed
+On Remmina, use localhost:5901. No username is fine. Password is: Go-AsK-Ed
 [[File:Connection using Remmina.png]]

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 Now use Remmina/TightVNC Viewer/ETC to connect to the VNC server.
 On Remmina, use localhost:5901. No username. Password is: Go-AsK-Ed
 I am not an expert in Windows Shell and I am not sure how to SSH on Windows. The TightVNC Viewer has a ssh channel option, but I failed to connect to our VNC server on Windows.

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 ===Connect to VNC server===
-First create an SSH connection on your local computer that securely forwards to the localhost connection for VNC. On Linux or OS X :
+First create an SSH connection on your local computer that securely forwards to the localhost connection for VNC. On Linux or OS X (this requires the password for DB Server's non-root user mcnair):
    ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 -N -f -l mcnair 128.42.44.181

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 Now use Remmina/TightVNC Viewer/ETC to connect to the VNC server.
-On Remmina, use localhost:5901. No username.
+On Remmina, use localhost:5901. No username. Password is: Go-AsK-Ed
 ==User management==

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 Next, we can start inserting the command instructions that will allow us to manage the new service. The following block binds the command needed to start a VNC server, and feedback that it is being started, to the command keyword start.
    case "$1" in
-   start)
+   vncstart)
    log_action_begin_msg "Starting vncserver for user '${USER}' on localhost:${DISPLAY}"
    su ${USER} -c "/usr/bin/vncserver ${OPTIONS}"
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 The next block creates the command keyword stop, which will immediately kill an existing VNC server instance.
-   stop)
+   vncstop)
    log_action_begin_msg "Stopping vncserver for user '${USER}' on localhost:${DISPLAY}"
    su ${USER} -c "/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :${DISPLAY}"
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 The final block is for the command keyword restart, which is simply the two previous commands (stop and start) combined into one command.
-   restart)
+   vncrestart)
-   $0 stop
+   $0 vncstop
-   $0 start
+   $0 vncstart
    ;;
    esac
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 Now try using the service and command to start a new VNC server instance:
-   sudo service vncserver start
+   sudo service vncserver vncstart
 ===Connect to VNC server===

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    #!/bin/bash
    PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin/"
-   export USER="user"
+   export USER="mcnair"
    DISPLAY="1"
    DEPTH="16"
-   GEOMETRY="1024x768"
+   GEOMETRY="1920x1080"
    OPTIONS="-depth ${DEPTH} -geometry ${GEOMETRY} :${DISPLAY} -localhost"
    . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 ==User management==

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 ==Install and configure TightVNC and xfce desktop==
-Installation:
+===Installation===
    apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver
-Configure VNC server:
+===Configure VNC server===
    nano ~/.vnc/xstartup
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      startxfce4 &
- Grant executable privilege:
+*The first command in the file, xrdb $HOME/.Xresources, tells VNC's GUI framework to read the server user's .Xresources file. .Xresources is where a user can make changes to certain settings of the graphical desktop, like terminal colors, cursor themes, and font rendering.
    sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup
-Start vnc server:
+===Create a VNC service file===
-   vncserver
+First, opened a new service file in /etc/init.d with nano:
 ==User management==