-# Changes in recent Tigervnc versions
-Previous Tigervnc versions had a wrapper script called `vncserver`. This script
-could be run as a user manually to start *Xvnc* process. The usage was quite
-simple as you just run:
+# Changes in recent TigerVNC versions
+Previous TigerVNC versions had a wrapper script called `vncserver`. This
+script could be run as a user manually to start *Xvnc* process. The
+usage was quite simple as you just run:
```
$ vncserver :x [vncserver options] [Xvnc options]
```
-and that was it. It worked fine for some cases, but far from all. There were issues
-when users wanted to use it in combination with *systemd*. Therefore, the implementation
-had to be changed to comply with *SELinux* and *systemd* rules.
+and that was it. It worked fine for some cases, but far from all. There
+were issues when users wanted to use it in combination with *systemd*.
+Therefore, the implementation had to be changed to comply with *SELinux*
+and *systemd* rules.
-# How to start Tigervnc server
+# How to start TigerVNC server
## Add a user mapping
-With this you can map a user to a particular port. The mapping should be done in
-`/etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users` configuration file. It should be pretty
-straightforward. Once you open the file you will see there are some examples, but basically
-the mapping is in form:
+With this you can map a user to a particular port. The mapping should be
+done in `/etc/tigervnc/vncserver.users` configuration file. It should be
+pretty straightforward. Once you open the file you will see there are
+some examples, but basically the mapping is in form:
```
:x=user
```
```
## Configure Xvnc options
-To configure Xvnc parameters, you need to go to the same directory where you did
-the user mapping and open `vncserver-config-defaults` configuration file. This
-file is for the default Xvnc configuration and will be applied to every user
-unless any of the following applies:
+To configure Xvnc parameters, you need to go to the same directory where
+you did the user mapping and open `vncserver-config-defaults`
+configuration file. This file is for the default Xvnc configuration and
+will be applied to every user unless any of the following applies:
* The user has its own configuration in `$HOME/.vnc/config`.
* The same option with different value is configured in
- `vncserver-config-mandatory` configuration file, which replaces the default
- configuration and has even a higher priority than the per-user configuration.
- This option is for system administrators when they want to force particular
- *Xvnc* options.
+ `vncserver-config-mandatory` configuration file, which replaces the
+ default configuration and has even a higher priority than the per-user
+ configuration. This option is for system administrators when they want
+ to force particular *Xvnc* options.
-Format of the configuration file is also quite simple as the configuration is
-in form of:
+Format of the configuration file is also quite simple as the
+configuration is in form of:
```
option=value
option
See the following manpage for more details: Xvnc(1).
### Note:
-It is recommended to set option specifying the session you want to start. E.g. when
-you want to start GNOME desktop, then you have to use:
+It is recommended to set option specifying the session you want to
+start. E.g. when you want to start GNOME desktop, then you have to use:
```
session=gnome
```
-This should match the name of a session desktop file from `/usr/share/xsessions`
-directory. If you don't specify the session, Tigervnc will try to use the first
-one it finds, which may or may not work correctly.
+This should match the name of a session desktop file from
+`/usr/share/xsessions` directory. If you don't specify the session,
+TigerVNC will try to use the first one it finds, which may or may not
+work correctly.
## Set VNC password
-You need to set a password for each user in order to be able to start the
-Tigervnc server. In order to create a password, you just run:
+You need to set a password for each user in order to be able to start
+the TigerVNC server. In order to create a password, you just run:
```
$ vncpasswd
```
You need to run it as the user who will run the server.
### Note:
-If you used Tigervnc before with your user and you already created a
-password, then you have to make sure the `$HOME/.vnc` folder created by
-`vncpasswd` have the correct *SELinux* context. You either can delete this
-folder and recreate it again by creating the password one more time, or
-alternatively you can run:
+If you used TigerVNC before with your user and you already created a
+password, then you have to make sure the `$HOME/.vnc` folder created by
+`vncpasswd` have the correct *SELinux* context. You either can delete
+this folder and recreate it again by creating the password one more
+time, or alternatively you can run:
```
$ restorecon -RFv /home/<USER>/.vnc
```
-## Start the Tigervnc server
-Finally you can start the server using systemd service. To do so just run:
+## Start the TigerVNC server
+Finally you can start the server using systemd service. To do so just
+run:
```
$ systemctl start vncserver@:x
```
```
$ sudo systemctl start vncserver@:x
```
-Run it as a regular user in case the user has permissions to run `sudo`.
-Don't forget to replace the `:x` by the actual number you configured in the
-user mapping file. For example:
+Run it as a regular user in case the user has permissions to run `sudo`.
+Don't forget to replace the `:x` by the actual number you configured in
+the user mapping file. For example:
```
$ systemctl start vncserver@:1
```
-This starts a Tigervnc server for user `test` with GNOME session.
+This starts a TigerVNC server for user `test` with GNOME session.
-In case you want your server to be automatically started at boot, you can
-run:
+In case you want your server to be automatically started at boot, you
+can run:
```
$ systemctl enable vncserver@:1
```
### Note:
-If you previously used Tigervnc and you were used to start it by using
-*systemd*, then you might need to remove previous *systemd* configuration files
-placed in `/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service`, in order to avoid them being
-prioritized by the new systemd service files from latest Tigervnc.
+If you previously used TigerVNC and you were used to start it by using
+*systemd*, then you might need to remove previous *systemd*
+configuration files placed in `/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service`,
+in order to avoid them being prioritized by the new systemd service
+files from latest TigerVNC.
# Limitations
-You will not be able to start a Tigervnc server for a user who is already
-logged into a graphical session. Avoid running the server as the `root` user as
-it's not a safe thing to do. While running the server as the `root` should work
-in general, it's not recommended to do so and there might be some things which
-are not working properly.
+You will not be able to start a TigerVNC server for a user who is
+already logged into a graphical session. Avoid running the server as the
+`root` user as it's not a safe thing to do. While running the server as
+the `root` should work in general, it's not recommended to do so and
+there might be some things which are not working properly.