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--- linux:debian:vnc_server_setup [2015/12/29 07:29]
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+++ linux:debian:vnc_server_setup [2016/11/18 20:21] (current)
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-===== x11vnc Server Setup on Debian =====
+===== x11vnc Server Setup on Debian/Raspbian =====
 First of all what is [[wp>Virtual_Network_Computing|VNC]]?
-When I was converting a kiosk with a touch panel, windows 7 installed, into Debian GNU/Linux I needed a tool for remote access other than ssh to solve the problems with GUI. I used Debian (jessie) with xfce window manager, which is a lightweight window manager. After some trial and errors with **tightvncserver** and **vnc4server** I found x11vnc server more practical (I just felt that way). x11vnc is available in the official repositories. For my project vnc server must not start a new session for each connection, instead it must start the current logged in session (visible display) for the regular user I created (who does not have root access). This becomes the display ":0" in vnc server. In this tutorial I will refer regular user as "theuser" after this point.
+When I was converting a kiosk with a touch panel, windows 7 installed, into Debian GNU/Linux I needed a tool for remote access other than ssh to solve the problems with GUI. I used Debian (jessie) with xfce window manager, which is a lightweight window manager. After some trial and errors with **tightvncserver** and **vnc4server** I found x11vnc server more practical (I just felt that way). x11vnc is available in the official repositories. For my project vnc server must not start a new session for each connection, instead it must start the current session logged in (visible display) for the regular user I created (who does not have root access). This becomes the display ":0" in vnc server. In this tutorial I will refer regular user as "theuser" after this point.
-**For security reasons you must not provide the vnc server password from the command line.**
+**For security reasons you must not provide the vnc server password from the command line.** \\
+__**Instructions are applicable to the most Linux distributions including Raspbian**__
 First of all install x11vnc if not installed
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-Note: VNC server default port is 5900**
+Note: VNC server default port is 5900. If port 5900 is not available, server tries these ports 5901,5902, etc. Make sure you don't run multiple server instance at different ports unintentionally.**
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 Note: Do not try to modify script to start vnc server as a service (init.d script), it does not work because an X session is created after user login.**
+If you are also looking for a VNC viewer, www.realvnc.com offers a quite good free vnc viewer for many platforms. I do not want to advertise their product but I do feel comfortable with it. Unfortunately, it lacks ssl support. For encryption purposes, you may implement ssh port forwarding and tunneling.
 {{tag>debian jessie raspbian linux vnc_server xfce x11vnc server}}
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