What are different ways to configure VNC?

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Updated 2018年三月20日03:10 - 

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Vino Screen Sharing

• Allow user to share local X session. The configuration is similar to Screen Sharing and relies on the user at the console being logged in to the system.
• Vnc-passwords, single-session
• How do I share my desktop using VNC on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

TigerVNC or VNC Server:

• The server can be accessed in runlevel's 3 and 5 when the VNC server is enabled and running.
• Vnc-passwords, multi-session
• How to configure Virtual Network Computing (VNC) to work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

TigerVNC or VNC Server on RHEL 7:

• The server can be accessed in runlevel's 3 and 5 when the VNC server is enabled and running.
• Vnc-passwords, multi-session
• How to configure VNC Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

VNC with XDMCP:

• Useful with thin clients.
• Multi-session, gdm login screen, local-user-passwords
• How do I setup VNC based on xinetd with XDMCP for GDM?

HTTP Client Access:

• VNC access from web browser
• Works with TigerVnc or VNC Server
• Vnc-passwords, multi-session
• How to access vnc server from a web browser using java applet from client machine where vnc-client is not installed?

VNC for native X-server:

• Share a running X session.
• Vnc-passwords, single-session
• How to configure VNC to control the native X server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

VNC from the command line:

• This can be used simply after installing the vnc-server(RHEL 5) or tigervnc-server(RHEL 6/7) packages.
• How to start VNC from the command line

VNC Over SSH

• Encrypted VNC session using SSH
• On demand
• How to connect securely to VNC via tunnel over SSH?

Firewall Configuration

• For firewall configuration (iptables), please refer to the solution: How to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux system firewall to allow incoming VNC connections?