vncserver nonroot user

Start vncserver by non-root user.

 

User: <your_name>

 

<your_name>@<your_name>] sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

 

VNCSERVERS="2:<your_name>"

#VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd -localhost"

VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 1368x768"

 

<your_name>@<your_name>] vncserver :2 -geometry 1366x768     

 

New '<your_name>.desktop.aaa.com:2 (<your_name>)' desktop is <your_name>.desktop.aaa.com:2

 

Starting applications specified in /home/<your_name>/.vnc/xstartup

Log file is /home/<your_name>/.vnc/<your_name>.desktop.aaa.com:2.log

 

 

Then connect the server using vnc viewer from your PC through the :2 session.

 

If you meet such error:

<your_name>@<your_name>] sudo vncserver :1 -name <your_name> -geometry 1368x768  

xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/<your_name>/.Xauthority

 

Just verify the permission of the .Xauthority file.  It should be :

<your_name>@<your_name>] ll /home/<your_name>/.Xauthority

-rw------- 2 <your_name> aaa   0 Dec 12 09:15 /home/<your_name>/.Xauthority

 

<your_name>@<your_name>] sudo chown <your_name>:aaa /home/<your_name>/.Xauthority

<your_name>@<your_name>] sudo chmod 600 /home/<your_name>/.Xauthority