VNC

[Fadia Almarei]

another question please ,if i want somthing like pcanywhere to be used in linux system ,that i want to open my linus server from my windows system ,how to do that , i know that there is VNC ,but when i install my linux9 system i do not found this servises ,what application should i install(from linux application on the CD ) in order to work with this servise

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

There is vnc-server-version.rpm on your installation cd.
Navigate to a directory when it resides and execute
rpm -ivh vnc-server-.rpm


of course you can complit the line with tab after vnc-server....

[Jerome Henry]

Yes, only vnc client is installed by default. You have it in the internet tools.
You can download from vnc site installs for the server either.
J

[James A. Donovan]

You can get the rpms for tightvnc for RedHat 9 from here.

http://www.seekbrain.com/archives/000025.html

[Martin P.J. Zinser · Accepted solution]

Hello Fadia,

you can get the original VNC from

http://www.realvnc.com/

It seems a pretty good intro how to setup VNC can be found at

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5499
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5560

Greetings, Martin

[Fadia Almarei]

Hi all

Thanks to you all , but i want to know how to instal the VNC from the CD and which on of them .

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

mount the third (3) installation cd.

mount /mnt/cdrom


then issue this command
rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/vnc-server-.rpm

where version is the version or of the package.It's simpler to press after vnc-server

[Fadia Almarei]

Thanks Alexander
i install the RPM , but i want to know what shull i do next,how can i use this to open linux GUI from WIN2K system

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

on linux issue this command

vncserver
it'll prompt you for password

specify it (new one for clients)

then issue this command
vncserver :1

after that on windows machine start the vncviewer and
type in the window
Linux's IP:1

it'll prompt for a password , enter the same as you gave in the linux

Best regards

[Peeyush]

alexendra is right but lemme correct few things :

FOR LINUX
##################
[root]# vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
[root]# vncserver

New 'X' desktop is hostname:1

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/hostname:1.log

##### its showing vnc is started on :1

now vncserver is started on ur linux
u can verify this by nmap -sS

NOW ON WINDOWS
- install VNC
- start>program> vnc > vncviewer
- it will show u a windows ..put IP of linux machine(eg. 192.168.0.1:1) , push ok and type password...there ya go..

Regards
Peeyush
for some help in vnc for windows read
http://geocities.com/peeyush_maurya/

[James A. Donovan]

You could also use a browser to connect to your vncserver.

http://hostname:580x

where x=the number of the display created when you started the vncserver.

[Peeyush]

i bet it will work
http://hostname:580x
if u have "enable java enable"

[Fadia Almarei]

but please i want to know what is the mean of the number 580

[Mark Grant]

THe 580x is the port number that the software is ussing to communicate.

Can I just go back to your original question a moment and tell you that you don't need VNC to open your linux server from your PC. The linux GUI is "network aware" and it doesn't really care where your actual screen is. All you need, is to be running an X server on your PC. There are lots of these available for Windows. Then, all you need to do is tell your PC software where your linux box is and, in theory, your Linux GUI login will appear on your PC instead of on it's own console.

And everybody keeps saying how they don't like X!!!

[Fadia Almarei]

please if i want to insatall vnc client in the windows system , from where can i get the software (free) and how to deal with it in the windows system .

[Jeroen Peereboom]

Fadia,

Did you try http://www.realvnc.com?
There are downloads and manuals.

JP.

[Fadia Almarei]

if i want the windows console to work as a terminal for the linux server (like using X-manager in the HP servers system),is the VNC provide this utility or is it just as a pcanywhere , and if is it used as a pcanywhere what is the security hole in it and how can i protect my servers from these holes. Regards, fadia

[Mark Grant]

It is the same as PC anywhere.

This is why I'd suggest you look at something like Exceed or Reflections which will allow your PC to be a screen on the linux box and the performance will be almost the same as if you were on the linux box.

[Claudio Cilloni]

you can protect your vnc-server from unwanted connection configuring the iptables firewall on the server machine and/or you network firewall (protect the port 590x).
If you want to protect the communication between your clients and the server (the vnc protocol isn't crypted) you can run the vnc sessions through a secure ssh-tunnel. This is quite easy if the client machine is a linux box, but I don't know what to do with a Windows machine. I remember that the vnc documentation explains how to do this.

Ciao!
Claudio