Vnc - Bytesized Hosting Wiki
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Name: VNC
Website: https://www.realvnc.com/, https://www.tightvnc.com/, https://tigervnc.org/ and various others
Added on: 19th of August 2014
Description
VNC allows you to remote control your box via a graphical interface.
Screenshots
Getting started
First off, install the VNC app via your Box page.
Download a client
- Download for Windows
- Download for OS X
- Linux guys know how to get it :)
Connecting to your desktop
Connecting to your desktop is different depending on your client.
Tight VNC on Windows
On windows you should look something like this. You need to add a command in the input box.
server-name.bytesized-hosting.com:port_number_from_app_details
or
server-name.bysh.me:port_number_from_app_details
For instance if you are on the server omega and the app port is 6221 you will fill in.
omega.bytesized-hosting.com:6221
or
omega.bysh.me:6221
Now press connect and your desktop should show up.
Use the built-in VNC client in macOS
You can use the built-in VNC client by opening vnc:// URLs in Safari.
For instance if your server at Bytesized is Gaia and your assigned port number is 1234 you would enter the following URL in Safari: vnc://gaia.bysh.me:1234
Chicken on OS X
If you boot Chicken you should see something along these lines
- Host should have the domain name of your server, for instance omega.bytesized-hosting.com
- Display or Port should have your port number.
- Password, well should have the password mentioned at your VNC details.
- Make sure to disable "View only" otherwise you won't be able to control anything.
SSH tunneling through Kitty
I tried the following and it worked - much slower for me but this way safer to do from an untrusted network:
- Verify both SSH working in Kitty and VNC working
- Then in a disconnected state in Kitty
- Connection / SSH / X11 / Enable X11 forwarding
- Connection SSH Tunnels, source port is 9090, destination is the same hostname:port as in the VNC viewer
- Save the session
- Start Kitty session
- Start VNC as localhost:9090
- Recommendation: if it is slower, set VNC client to user fewer colors
Missing Icons in VNC
Once you're logged into VNC , go to start menu Preferences
> Customize Look and Feel
> Icon Theme
and pick one of them from the list. We would suggest picking Tango. When you have picked the desired theme make sure you press Apply
. If you notice that the option Customize Look and Feel
is missing from your VNC, make sure you raise a ticket with the support so that they can look into it.
NOTE
If for some reason you can't connect using server.bytesized-hosting.com
try using server.bysh.me
instead.
Too many security failures.
VNC has a build-in protection against brute-force password hacking. Therefor whenever a connection has failed multiple times it will shut itself off until its restarted. Sadly this protection is a bit too strong and will already trigger on port-scans as well. If you have this a lot try reinstalling it so it gets installed on a new port. Some ports get scanned more then others and are therefor more sensitive to this issue.
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