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So I am trying to access my server from my client computer using tightvnc and x11vnc I have a working ssh connection that I do all of my editing on my server from. I followed this wiki. [link]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ti … d_Shutdown[/link], but it keeps bringing me to "root@ip of host's password:" I enter the pasword I made up for vnc denied, I enter the machines root password, denied. I ssh into the server and log into root just fine, I than us vncpasswd and change it to something easy for testing, did not help. All I want to do is be able to access the servers desktop from my other computers. The other problem I have is it will tell me that an x window is running.
Last edited by mich04 (2011-12-16 16:36:06)
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I am not sure I entirely understand but I going to give it a whirl. If you are looking to access the server's desktop - meaning what is actually on the screen - vncserver is not the program you want to use. I use x11vnc, using vncviewer I can see the open windows of the user's desktop. In my expierence vncserver will create a new X session for your remote login. I am not very familiar with the vncserver program and login procedures because it is not what I was looking for. Hope this helps.
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That's exactly what I want. I thought that to make it more secure I had to run it through ssh though. I want to access a gui openbox desktop of the server through ssh.
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x11vnc is password protected if you choose. I use fluxbox so i put it in the startup file like this.
x11vnc -forever &the forever option means the server stays open for longer than 1 connection.
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I am having problems with the password though. I have tried every password that I have...
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here are the contents of my /etc/conf.d/x11vnc
X11VNC_ARGS="-auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -rfbauth /home/empthollow/.vnc/passwd -display :0 -forever"I do not need security so mine is password free, however I have not .vnc/passwd file in my home directory. Now that I look at it I have no var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth either. I haven't updated my config in a while. I hope some of these options can give you some ideas though.
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I would recommend to try out freenx:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FreeNX
It works very easily. There's also some information on that page about connecting to the existing x11 session:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fr … ng_display
which might be just what you're looking for.
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