Thomas Guide: Remote Desktop
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2005-07-21 (updated 2005-07-30)
Thomas Guide is a step-by-step screenshot based User Guide for a Linux Newbie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie).
This week, I'll discuss how to setup Remote Desktop on Fedora Core 4 and trouble shoot any problem.
Make sure to have two Linux Boxes ready. I'll refer to one box as "Your Desktop" and the other box as "Remote Desktop"
Before we begin, make sure you have vino package is installed in your system.
$ rpm -q vino vino-2.10.0-4
If it's not installed, use yum command to install vino as following:
$ sudo yum install vino
Step 1
Open Remote Desktop Preferences from Desktop > Preferences from Remote Desktop.
Step 2
Check Allow other users to view your desktop
Check Require the user to enter this password and type a temporary password which you'll need from Your Desktop.
Step 3
Open Security Level Configuration from Remote Desktop.
Step 4
Type 5900:tcp in Other ports field to allow default vnc port number 5900.
NOTE: There is a bug (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161148) in system-config-securitylevel shipped with FC4.
Make sure to get the latest update (http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/system-config-securitylevel-1.5.8.1-1.i386.rpm) via yum as following:
$ sudo yum update system-config-securitylevel
Step 5
Now, you're ready to connect to Remote Desktop from Your Desktop.
Open VNC Viewer from Applications > Accessories from Your Desktop.
Type the IP address of the Remote Desktop. Please note this is a Private IP Address (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_ip_address).
Step 6
Type the temporary password you've created during Step 2.
Step 7
A Question dialog will pop up on Remote Desktop with two buttons - Refuse or Allow.
Step 8
Once the Remote User click on Allow button, you can now view and control the Remote Desktop from Your Desktop.
NOTE: Once the Remote Desktop session is over, make sure to uncheck Allow other users to view your desktop in the Remote Desktop Preferences for security.
