Open up a terminal from the dash or press Ctrl+Alt+T.
1. Install x11vnc in ubuntu via command:
sudo apt-get install x11vnc
2. Set vnc password and it’ll be encrypted and saved in ~/.vnc/passwd:
x11vnc -storepasswd
3. Start vnc server:
x11vnc -forever -shared -rfbauth ~/.vnc/passwd
NOTE: If you connect from outside local network, get the Ubuntu’s global ip, and on your router, setup your connection via DMZ. Once you are able to establish a connection, put on all the security like firewalls.
If you want this VNC Server auto-start at login, do following steps:
1. Copy and paste password file to /etc/ directory:
sudo cp ~/.vnc/passwd /etc/x11vnc.pass
2. create and edit file /etc/init/x11vnc.conf via
sudo gedit /etc/init/x11vnc.conf
copy and paste following and save the file.
start on login-session-start
script
x11vnc -display :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -forever -bg -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -rfbport 5900
end script
3. reboot.
使用:
打開vnc viewer