[CentOS] vncserver on CentOS 7

Fri Apr 3 18:56:47 UTC 2015
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:46:56PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am trying to setup a centos 7.1 vncserver
> 
> I cannot believe they went from a relatively easy process in 6 to the
> "crazyness" that is 7.
> 
> I did the following:
>                 yum install tigervnc-server
>                 cp /lib/systemd/system/vncserver at .service
> /etc/systemd/system
>                 systemctl daemon-reload
>                 edit /etc/systemd.system/vncserver at .service and replace
> <USER> with myuser
>                 su - myuser run vncpassword to set password
>                 systemctl enable vncserver at .
> 
> 
> Says its enabled:
> systemctl list-unit-files | grep vnc
> vncserver at .service                          enabled
> 
> using another machine to connect gives error about nothing there.
> 
> netstat -tuln | grep 5900
> gives nothing.
> 
> What did I miss?

Is the port opened in the firewall?


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