Using VNC To Access CS Linux Computers - Revision history

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IMPORTANT: When you are finished with your VNC connection

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When you are finished with your VNC connection

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Starting a Windows or Linux VNC Client

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Starting a Windows or Linux VNC Client

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Tunneling Your VNC Session through SSH

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When you are finished with your VNC connection

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Starting a Mac VNC Client

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Starting a Windows or Linux VNC Client

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 * Choose either ssh terminal window for which you have a connection to ''ugradx''
-* Run:  “vncserver -kill :1”  (for the :number, use the display number from the earlier steps. {{red|And make sure you have a space between the ''-kill'' and the '':port #''}})
+* Run:  <code>vncserver -kill :1</code>  (for the :number, use the display number from the earlier steps. {{red|And make sure you have a space between the ''-kill'' and the '':port #''}})
 * Close your VNC client on your local system.

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 * Choose either ssh terminal window for which you have a connection to ''ugradx''
-* Run:  “vncserver -kill :1”  (for the :number, use the display number from the earlier steps.)
+* Run:  “vncserver -kill :1”  (for the :number, use the display number from the earlier steps. {{red|And make sure you have a space between the ''-kill'' and the '':port #''}})
 * Close your VNC client on your local system.

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 * You are now connected, with the remote ugradx desktop now displayed securely on your local desktop.
-==''IMPORTANT:'' When you are finished with your VNC connection==
+==''IMPORTANT:'' When you are finished with your VNC connection...==
 * Choose either ssh terminal window for which you have a connection to ''ugradx''

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 * You are now connected, with the remote ugradx desktop now displayed securely on your local desktop.
-==When you are finished with your VNC connection==
+==''IMPORTANT:'' When you are finished with your VNC connection==
 * Choose either ssh terminal window for which you have a connection to ''ugradx''

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 * Open your Windows or Linux VNC client on your local system. (If you don't have a VNC client, try [http://www.tigervnc.com/ TigerVNC] and the following steps will assume you're using TigerVNC.)
-* Connect to "localhost:1", where ":1" is the actual display number used by your VNC server.  You might've used a different display number in earlier steps.  And for this step, you do not need the 590x part when inputting the port number in this step..
+* Connect to "localhost:1", where ":1" is the actual display number used by your VNC server.  You might've used a different display number in earlier steps.  And for this step, you do not need the ''590x'' part when inputting the port number in this step..
 * Type in the password you gave when setting up the VNC server for ugradx

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 On your '''local''' system:
-* Open a new terminal (leaving the ''other'' terminal you ran earlier to start "vncserver" still open and running.)
+* Open a new terminal ('''but also leaving the ''other'' terminal you ran earlier to start "vncserver" still open and running'''.)
 * From the new terminal, run '''ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901   ''joeuser''@''ugradx''.cs.jhu.edu''' and log in as you normally would to ''ugradx''.  (Remember, use the port number you came up with in the earlier steps.)

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 ===Starting a Mac VNC Client===
 * Point your mouse on the Mac desktop (not on a mac app or window), and click to make sure the desktop is activated.
 * Press  '''&#8984; k'''
 * A ''Connect to Server'' window pops up.
 * In the empty field, type in the following:  '''vnc://localhost:5901'''  (or whichever ''port number'' you calculated from an earlier step.)
 * A ''Screen Sharing'' window will open.
 * Type in the password you gave when setting up the VNC server for ugradx
 * You are now connected, with the remote ugradx desktop now displayed securely on your local desktop.