Accessing Logged in Users Account over VNC

[Aero Maxx D]

Hello,

Not sure if this is possible, have tried it and I dont seem to get what 
I was expecting.

Basically I have installed tigervnc on fedora 15 and it works, it lets 
me connect do what I wanted to do and then can disconnect, but what I 
was wondering is if I am logged in already as the user I have setup in 
the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers before I connect is it at all possible to 
see that currently logged in users desktop instead of a different new one ?

i.e. I may have left something on it that I wanted to see and I may not 
be at home for arguments sake so could possibly vnc into the box from a 
remote location and see the screen as if I was there and continue on 
from where I was, instead of getting a blank desktop and having to 
remember what I was looking at.

The main reason for me wanting to do this is cause I mainly use it as a 
server, and therefore it doesn't have a mouse/keyboard attached to it 
and I very in frequently need them, but it is also plugged into my TV, 
and I was wanting to play a youtube stream on the box and watch it on my TV.

Thanks
Daniel.

[Reindl Harald]

Am 06.04.2012 15:41, schrieb R. Welsh:
>  I have used X11VNC Server for just this task.  It provides an easy
> to
>  use GUI we well as port definition control, password control, etc.  You
>  might give this a shot. 
no need for this

"yum install tigervnc-server-module" and configure X11
to provide a VNC server for display 0 on Port 5900

this port should be closed with iptables and only
used with SSH-Forwarding, works fine since years

[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/02-vnc.conf
Section "Module"
 Load        "vnc"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier  "Screen0"
 Option      "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
EndSection

[R. Welsh]

On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 15:49 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
>  
>  Am 06.04.2012 15:41, schrieb R. Welsh:
>  > I have used X11VNC Server for just this task.  It provides an easy to
>  > use GUI we well as port definition control, password control, etc.  You
>  > might give this a shot.
>  
>  no need for this
>  
>  "yum install tigervnc-server-module" and configure X11
>  to provide a VNC server for display 0 on Port 5900
>  
>  this port should be closed with iptables and only
>  used with SSH-Forwarding, works fine since years
>  
>  [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/02-vnc.conf
>  Section "Module"
>   Load        "vnc"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Screen"
>   Identifier  "Screen0"
>   Option      "passwordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
>  EndSection
>   
Hello Reindl,

Thanks for the info.

Robert

[R. Welsh]

On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 14:26 +0100, Aero Maxx wrote:
>  Hello,
>  
>  Not sure if this is possible, have tried it and I dont seem to get what 
>  I was expecting.
>  
>  Basically I have installed tigervnc on fedora 15 and it works, it lets 
>  me connect do what I wanted to do and then can disconnect, but what I 
>  was wondering is if I am logged in already as the user I have setup in 
>  the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers before I connect is it at all possible to 
>  see that currently logged in users desktop instead of a different new one ?
>  
>  i.e. I may have left something on it that I wanted to see and I may not 
>  be at home for arguments sake so could possibly vnc into the box from a 
>  remote location and see the screen as if I was there and continue on 
>  from where I was, instead of getting a blank desktop and having to 
>  remember what I was looking at.
>  
>  The main reason for me wanting to do this is cause I mainly use it as a 
>  server, and therefore it doesn't have a mouse/keyboard attached to it 
>  and I very in frequently need them, but it is also plugged into my TV, 
>  and I was wanting to play a youtube stream on the box and watch it on my TV.
>  
>  Thanks
>  Daniel. 
I have used X11VNC Server for just this task.  It provides an easy to
use GUI we well as port definition control, password control, etc.  You
might give this a shot.

Robert