Remote GUI Session of Linux Server via TigerVNC and TightVNC Viewer Installation and Configuration

1. Tiger VNC
Remote GUI Session of Linux Server

2. Overview
• Tiger VNC is a high-performance client/server
application that allows end users to take
remote GUI session (Remote Desktop) of Linux
Servers.
• So that graphical application can be launched
remotely using VNC session.
• It also provides extensions for advanced
authentication methods and TLS encryption.

3. Installation
• Check the installation
[root@mylinz ~]# yum list |grep tigervnc*
• Install TigerVNC
[root@mylinz ~]# yum install tigervnc*

4. Login
• Login to Linux server and initiate the VNC server
[root@mylinz ~]# vncserver
New 'mylinz:1 (root)' desktop is mylinz:1
Starting applications specified in
/root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/mylinz:1.log
[root@mylinz ~]

5. Session Password
• Set the session password
[root@mylinz ~]# vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
[root@mylinz ~]#

6. Now open the VNC viewer from you
windows box and enter the session details

7. Click on the connect button and enter the VNC
password which you have set in Linux server

8. Remote VNC session

9. To identify you session details, just grep the vnc
process and find your session number.
• [root@mylinz X11]# ps -ef |grep vnc
root 6663 1 0 15:56 pts/1 00:00:02 /usr/bin/Xvnc :1 -
desktop mylinz:1 (root) -auth /root/.Xauthority -
geometry 1024x768 -rfbwait 30000 -rfbauth
/root/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -fp
catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d -pn
root 6669 6668 0 15:56 pts/1 00:00:00 vncconfig -iconic
root 7668 6641 0 16:32 pts/1 00:00:00 grep vnc