
When work is finished, they run Preference again to tick Sharing Allow. On exiting Preferences, vino-server starts and they tell me the IP address to use. I edited /usr/share/applications/sktop as follows:Įxec=bash -c 'vino-preferences /usr/lib/vino/vino-server&zenity -info -text="Accès par Internet: `curl `:5900"'īefore work, I ask my friends to run Remote Desktop Preferences and to tick Sharing Allow. I don't want the vino-server to be active all the time: it's just fine it doesn't autostart.
#Ubuntu install vnc viewer install
I access the Ubuntu of friends I help, to install or configure or to teach them something.Īs I need access from the Internet through the modem, I use vino.Īll sharing and Security options are turned on during access. Now you can either reboot or start the service manually by typing: service vncserver start
vnc directory in each users home dir with the appropriate startup scripts.įinally, do the following: update-rc.d vncserver defaults 99 So as root you could do: su justin -c vncserver I put that in caps because if you skip that step none of it will work. OPTIONS="-name $"Īs Stephen mentioned in his answer you'll need to run vncserver AT LEAST ONCE AS EACH USER you want to login as. # The name that the VNC Desktop will have. Add the following file as /etc/init.d/vncserver (be sure to modify the USER, GEOMETRY, NAME, etc.

