#Vnc connect to another computer password#

In theory, the display number can be anywhere from 1 to 9999, and you can manually choose a display granting that it’s not already in use. My server was started on display number 44, as it was the next display available. NOTE: The display number is where your VNC session funneling your desktop.

Starting applications specified in /u/cecsuser/.vnc/xstartup Afterwards, you should receive some output that looks like this: New 'X' desktop is mo.:44

#Vnc connect to another computer password#

This would be a password you would give to someone if you wanted them to observe your VNC session without being able to interact the desktop. It will also ask if you want to assign a view-only password. NOTE: This password must be under 8 characters! It is _strongly_ advised that you not use your MCECS account password here!) This password is arbitrarily chosen by you. You will be prompted for a password to log you into your VNC session (This is _not_ like logging in with your MCECS account. This will start the VNC server on the machine and tell it to only accept connections from the localhost, which is to say from users logged into the machine hosting the VNC server. In a terminal, run the following command: vncserver In order to do this, ssh in to the machine where you’ll be accessing the remote desktop. Before we can connect to the remote desktop, we need to start the VNC server on the remote machine.