Running VNC on a linux server 1

[PistolPete30]

Hi

I've got Red Hat 8.0 running samba ans it's being used as a simple file and print server on a w2k domain.

I'd like to be able to connect to it using VNC like i do with my other PCs and servers. I use a W2K professional PC to connect to other machines. I've managed to get VNC server working on the Red Hat box but have 2 questions:

1) How do i configure it so the vnc server starts everytime the server is booted &
2) I can only connect to the server using VNC to get a "terminal" display. Is there a way to connect as you would a windows machine where you can get a view of the entire desktop?

Cheers

Pete

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

There is always ssh to get a consol. Mike Wills
IBM iSeries (AS/400) Programmer

http://www.koldark.net

 

[bobcat]

1) ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/vncserver /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99vncserver

2) edit the file ~/.vnc/xstartup and add this line if it isnt already there:

exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc