

State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port Your Ubuntu system should now be listening on the port 5901 for incoming VNC connections: $ ss -ltn The VNC server will open a new port for every new VNC desktop you create. Log file is /home/linuxconfig/.vnc/ubuntu:1.log

Starting applications specified in /home/linuxconfig/.vnc/xstartup New 'ubuntu:1 (linuxconfig)' desktop is ubuntu:1 For this simply run the vncserver command from your home directory: $ vnc4server Lastly, make the ~/.vnc/xstartup file executable: $ chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartupĪt this stage we are ready to start the VNC server. Insert the the following content and save: #!/bin/bash Next, create the ~/.vnc/xstartup file to start the Xfce4 desktop: $ mkdir ~/.vnc Once the VNC server is installed we can begin the configuration by setting up a user password to be used by a VNC client when creating a remote connection: $ vncpasswd

Let’s start by the installation of the VNC server and the Xfce desktop manager core files: $ sudo apt install vnc4server xfce4 xfce4-goodies Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) Instructions Ubuntu VNC server setup $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user.# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command.Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required. Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver.The objective is to setup VNC server on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux.
