Thursday, March 12, 2020

install and configure x11vnc on ubuntu server 18.04 LTS

sudo apt-get install x11vnc
x11vnc -storepasswd 

Enter VNC password: *********
Verify password: *********  
Write password to /home/rahul/.vnc/passwd?  [y]/n y
Password written to: /home/rahul/.vnc/passwd
sudo x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/rahul/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared
script auto start
1. make file x11vnc.service in /etc/systemd/system : sudo mcedit /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc.service (mcedit – my prefered editor , i’m sorry for vi :)))
with text (change RAHUL for you name):
[Unit] Description=x11vnc remote desktop server After=multi-user.target
[Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -rfbauth /home/RAHUL/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5900 -shared
Restart=on-failure
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
2. sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl start x11vnc sudo systemctl status x11vnc
3. if it’s worked sudo systemctl enable x11vnc.service
Ref: setup-x11vnc-server-on-ubuntu-linuxmint

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