Confugure VNC in Linux

(1) Run following commands to install VNC in linux.

yum install vnc-server

(2) Run following command to set password for the V NC connection.

vncpasswd

(3) Edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers, and add the following to the end of the file.

VNCSERVERS="2:root"

VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 "

(4) Now restart Vnc service giving following command.

/etc/init.d/vncserver restart

Ex;

[root@saplinux ~]# /etc/init.d/vncserver restart

shutting down VNC server: 2:root [FAILED]

Starting VNC server: 2:root xauth: creating new authority file /ro ot/.Xauthority

New 'saplinux:2 (root)' desktop is saplinux:2

Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup

Log file is /root/.vnc/saplinux:2.log

[ OK ]

(5) Now open /root/.vnc/xstartup file and uncomment followi ng two lines.

unset SESSION_MANAGER

exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

(6) Then restart VNC service and then check from the windows PC through VNC viewer.

/etc/init.d/vncserver restart

(7) To check from the vnc viewer you will have to give VNC server's IP and then :2.

ex: 192.168.1.2:2

It will ask you for the password, you can give password which was assigned throgh vncpasswd command.