Theo Band wrote: > Todd Cary wrote: >> He is what I would like to do: >> >> Using Putty, log onto the server. Then type in >> >> vncviewer server:1 >> >> and "see" the Desktop of the server *without* having the vnc ports >> open on the server; instead have the vnc data transferred via the SSH >> connection. >> >> Todd > Start the vncserver and verify that it works locally by doing a > vncviewer server:1 on the same machine (this should give a nice picture > in picture in picture..). This is what already works, right? > From a windows machine setup the a putty session by having a tunnel > forwarding local port 5901 to server:5901. Then start a vncviewer on > Windows (Realvnc/Tightvnc) and go to localhost:1 (so not to server:1) > (You tried to start vncviewer in the putty shell? This will not work) > > Theo > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > On the server (Here with term 20): =================================== To start the server: vncserver :20 -depth 8 -geometry 1152x864 -name MyServerName:20 To stop the server: vncserver -kill :20 To change the VNC Password: vncpasswd To get Gnome instead of default TWM: - vi ~/.vnc/xstartup - comment out TWM - add: gnome-session & In PuTTY: - Create a session - Create a tunnel: L 5920 Destination: your.server.address:5920 Once connected: start VNC Viewer and enter "localhost:20" (without quotes) as the connect address. (Tested with TightVNC) That should do the trick. Guy Boisvert IngTegration inc.