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Trying to get XVnc running so that I can login to my server from anywhere and not just use the active session.
Looking at Applications > System Settings > Server Settings > Services and vncserver is running, under the status however, it says xvnc is stopped.
So, I can try and connect to the machine at the minute using vnc and a message pops up on screen asking if I wish to allow the user to view my desktop.
Any ideas on how to get XVnc working so I can login to my server as any user and get a proper login rather than the way it is at the minute only getting the current user - and then having to have someone physically there to authorise it?
I'm a complete n00b here so if you need me to run any commands (except for maybe an rm -rf /!") to get more information then just give me a shout!
Just log on to the user you want in the term and type "vncserver" :P
No need to do that on Red Hat/Fedora Core - put the username in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers and the VNC desktop will automatically be started on boot. Neither way meets the "any user" criteria, though, he needs to set it up the xinetd way.
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