[CentOS] How to set VNC-Server up

1. Installing the required packages

1.1. Check whether vnc-server package is installed.
rpm -q vnc-server

1.2. Install vnc-server using yum
#> yum -y install vnc-server

1.3. Install Window Manager
Install the "Gnome Desktop Environment" to get a full-featured GUI desktop. Other popular desktop environments are "KDE" and "XFCE-4.4".

- in CentOS 6
#> yum -y groupinstall Desktop

- in CentOS 5
#> yum -y groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"

1.4. Install VNC Server
- in CentOS 6
#> yum -y install tigervnc-server

- in CentOS 5
#> yum -y install vnc-server


<!> If you are running CentOS 6, the server is: v not: vnc-server

2. Configuring VNC-Server

2.1. Configure server

#> vi /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

VNCSERVERS="1:root 2:dorbae"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600"
VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600"

2.2. Set VNC Password
#> su - dorbae
$> vncpasswd
(set password)
$> cd ~/.vnc
$> ls passwd

3. Start/Stop VNC-Server

#> service vncserver start
#> service vncserver stop
#> chkconfig vncserver on