vncserver-x11
Name
vncserver-x11 - VNC® Server in User Mode
Synopsis
vncserver-x11 [OPTION...]
vncserver-x11 [MODE] [OPTION...] COMMAND
Description
vncserver-x11 starts VNC Server in User Mode, to remote the desktop of the currently-logged on user to connected VNC Viewers. When this user is logged out, VNC Server automatically stops; all VNC Viewers are disconnected, and cannot reconnect.
Run vncserver-x11 to start VNC Server and wait for connections on port 5900, if available. A user interface consisting of a status dialog and, if supported by the window manager, a status icon is displayed, providing connectivity information and convenient access to features such as file transfer and chat.
By default, a VNC Viewer can authenticate to a VNC Server that has:
- A Professional or Enterprise subscription by supplying the system credentials of the user starting VNC Server. Specify the Permissions parameter to widen access to other users or groups.
- A Home subscription by supplying a password specific to VNC Server; see vncpasswd(1).
Note that an instance of vncserver-x11 is automatically started (as the root user) by VNC Server in Service Mode; see vncserver-x11-serviced(1).
vncserver-x11 consumes one computer ‘desktop’ from your subscription, as the user starting it.
Commands
Applying a command to vncserver-x11 performs an auxiliary operation instead of starting VNC Server.
To see a list of valid commands, run vncserver-x11 -help
.
Mode
To apply a COMMAND to the privileged instance of vncserver-x11 started by VNC Server in Service Mode, specify -service.
Otherwise, commands apply automatically to VNC Server in User Mode.
OPTIONS
Options are parameters, used to configure VNC Server, and also the following:
-iconnect HOST[::PORT]
- Establishes a reverse connection to a Listening VNC Viewer on HOST at PORT (5500 by default). See vncviewer(1).
-newinstance
- Starts a new instance of VNC Server, providing your subscription permits; see vnclicense(1). By default, running vncserver-x11 a second time interacts with the first instance.
-showstatus
- Displays the status dialog and status icon. This may be useful to force display in some desktop environments.
-vncconfigfile FILE
- For convenience, if you have many parameters to specify at the command line, populate a text file (one parameter per line; omit the dash) and reference it using this flag.
To see a list of valid parameters, run vncserver-x11 -help
.
VNC configuration files
Parameters can be specified as command line OPTIONS, but preferably in VNC configuration files. VNC configuration files are available for:
- All programs, or just VNC Server
- All users of the computer, or just the user starting VNC Server
- Policy, in order to lock down VNC Server
When VNC Server starts, parameters are applied in the following order:
- System-wide VNC configuration files
- Per-user VNC configuration files
- Command line OPTIONS
- Policy VNC configuration files
This means that a particular parameter specified at the command line overrides the same parameter specified in a per-user or in a system-wide VNC configuration file, but is itself overridden by the same parameter specified in a policy VNC configuration file. Policy cannot be changed by users.
Note there is a disadvantage to specifying parameters at the command line: parameters cannot be reloaded while VNC Server is running. VNC configuration files can be reloaded, however, which means that VNC Server can be reconfigured without downtime.
For a full list of available VNC configuration files, visit Configuring VNC Connect Using Parameters
Logging
By default, vncserver-x11 logs basic activity to file at $HOME/.vnc/vncserver-x11.log.
To change the log quality, quantity, or destination, specify the Log, LogDir, and LogFile parameters.
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