Setting up VNC Server on Linux

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From-Server-Side

Confirm the package is installed

[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# rpm -qa | grep vnc-server
vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_3.1

[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# pwd
/etc/sysconfig

Note: Take backup of vncservers file.

Step 1:
vi vnservers

Modify the below settings

VNCSERVERS="1:root 2:vwadekar"
 VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600"
 VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 1280x1024"

Step 2:
[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# chkconfig --list vncviewer
error reading information on service vncviewer: No such file or directory
[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# chkconfig --list vncserver
vncserver       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

Step 3:
[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# chkconfig vncserver on
[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# chkconfig --list vncserver
vncserver       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

Step 4:
vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:

[root@pun-lnx-rds11 sysconfig]# service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 1:root
New 'pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:1 (root)' desktop is pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:1

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:1.log

2:vwadekar
New 'pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:2 (root)' desktop is pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:2

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/pun-lnx-rds11.bmc.com:2.log

 From Client Side #

While connecting to Vncviewer, try giving :2 for the second user and :1 for the first user