Create an SSH connection on your local computer that securely forwards to the localhost connection for VNC: ssh -L 59000:localhost:5901 -C -N -l server_user_name server_ip_address You’re probably familiar with your terminal if you are on Linux or macOS.

Next, restart the VNC server: vncserver -localhost no :1 Save and close the file, then make this file executable: chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

Next, we need to edit the xstartup file: mv ~/.vnc/xstartup ~/.vnc/xstartup.bak Note that if you ever want to change your password or add a view-only password, you can do so with the vncpasswd command: vncpasswdįirst, stop the VNC server instance that is running on port 5901 with the following command: vncserver -kill :1 Use xtigervncviewer -SecurityTypes VncAuth -passwd /home/idroot/.vnc/passwd :1 to connect to the VNC server. Log file is /home/idroot/.vnc/idroot:1.log Starting applications specified in /etc/X11/Xvnc-session New 'idroot:1 (idroot)' desktop at :1 on machine idroot usr/bin/xauth: file /home/idroot/.Xauthority does not exist That means anybody who accesses the VNC server with a view-only password will not be able to VNC desktop with either Mouse or Keyboard: Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? N Once upon setting up the password, you will get a prompt to set a View-Only password. You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the VNC server on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘ sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. VNC is working on GUI (Graphical User Interface) environments, it transmits movements of your mouse and keyboard input over the network using the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol.

For those of you who didn’t know, Virtual Network Computing, or VNC, is a connection system that allows you to use your keyboard and mouse to interact with a graphical desktop environment on a remote server. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install a VNC server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

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