Chapter 11. Remotely accessing the desktop as a single user

Procedure

1. Configure a firewall rule to enable VNC access to the server:

   # firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=vnc-server
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2. Reload firewall rules:

   # firewall-cmd --reload
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3. Open Settings in GNOME.

4. Navigate to the Sharing menu:

   

5. Click Screen Sharing.

   The screen sharing configuration opens:

   

6. Click the switch button in the window header to enable screen sharing:

   

7. Select the Allow connections to control the screen check box.
8. Under Access Options, select the Require a password option.

9. Set a password in the Password field.

   Remote clients must enter this password when connecting to the desktop on the server.

   

Procedure

1. Install the Connections application on the client:

   # dnf install gnome-connections

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2. Launch the Connections application.

3. Click the + button to open a new connection.

   

4. Enter the IP address of the server.

   

5. Choose the connection type based on the operating system you want to connect to.
6. Click Connect.

Verification

1. On the client, check that you can see the shared server desktop.

2. On the server, a screen sharing indicator appears on the right side of the top panel:

   

   You can control the screen sharing in the system menu.

Procedure

1. As the server user, set the encryption key of org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.vnc GSettings schema to ['none'].

   $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.remote-desktop.vnc encryption "['none']"

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2. Optional: Red Hat recommends that you tunnel the VNC connection over SSH to your VNC port. As a result, the SSH tunnel keeps the connection encrypted.

   For example:

   1. On the client, configure the port forwarding.

      # ssh -N -T -L 5901:server-ip-address:5901 user@server-ip-address

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   2. Connect to the VNC session on the localhost:5901 address.