Thanks. This has been very helpful. William Hooper writes: > > Janina Sajka wrote: > > I have a server in a data center with great pipes to the net, and I have > > associates who need to attach using vnc. Unfortunately, I can't test > > whether I've got things working (because I'm blind), so I'd like to ask > > questions here to help me get things configured. So, here goes ... > > > > 1.) chkconfig vncserver on > > > > > > If I understand the documentation I've read correctly, I only want to > > run vncserver as a service if I want my users' sessions persisted. Is that > > correct? > > Not really. The function of the vncserver "service" is to start VNC > sessions at boot. However, using the "service" also make sure all your > sessions are started in the same order, so a user gets consistent display > numbers. > > > 2.) To ask the same question another way, any of my users who can > > login to their shell account via ssh can activate vncserver whenever they > > wish, is that correct? service vncserver does not need to be started. > > Correct. The next available display number will be used (unless it is > specified in the command). This means if two users are using VNC, the > next display number is 3. If one of ther first users kills the VNC server > (say the one with display 2), then the next user will take that display > number (display 2). > > The session will continue running until it is killed via "vncserver --kill > [display]". > > > 3.) I see where each user needs to run vncpasswd, and where various > > configuration options are creatable under $HOME/.vnc/xstartup. Is this > > sufficient? > > Yes. These files are needed if you use the service or if you don't. > > > Or, do I still need to list each user allowed to launch vnc in > > /etc/sysconfig/vncservers? > > No. The /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file is only used for the vncserver > "service". > > > I'm sure there will be a few more questions--especially about securing > > things, > > Securing things is easy. Don't allow direct connections to VNC, only > allow SSH tunnels. > > -- > William Hooper > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
