In this hands-on project, you configure and test VNC for remote administration. 1. Swit...

In this hands-on project, you configure and test VNC for remote administration.

1. Switch to a command-line terminal (tty2) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 and log in to the terminal using the user name of root and the password of secret.

2. At the command prompt, type yum install vnc-server and press Enter to install the Tiger VNC server on your system. Type y and press Enter when prompted to install the program.

3. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file with a text editor such as vi and add the following lines to the end of the file:

VNCSERVERS="2:root"

VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600"

When finished, save your changes and quit the editor.

4. At the command prompt, type vncpasswd and press Enter. Type secret and press Enter when prompted both times to change the VNC password for the root user.

5. At the command prompt, type service vncserver start and press Enter to start the VNC server daemon.

6. At the command prompt, type chkconfig --level 5 vncserver on and press Enter to ensure that the VNC server daemon is started when entering runlevel 5.

7. Switch to the gdm by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F7 and log in to the GNOME Desktop Environment as sample user one with the password secret.

8. Open a BASH shell terminal in the GNOME Desktop Environment.

9. At the command prompt, type vncviewer localhost:5902:2 and press Enter. Supply the root user’s password of secret when prompted and press Enter. Examine your graphical desktop. What user name is listed in the upper-right corner? Why?

10. Close all windows and log out of the GNOME Desktop Environment.