The [[WebVNC]] application sets up a web page to access a Java applet for VNC connections. VNC is graphical remote control desktop software. VNC allows you to connect to a desktop on the the Amahi server from a remote computer via a browser. You must have a desktop session open on your HDA to be able to open a WebVNC session.
# Click the install icon to install the WebVNC server package on your HDA
'''NoteNOTE:''' ''You must have a desktop session open'' on your HDA to be able to open a WebVNC session. If you have a headless HDA server, see below.
==Setup VNC Server==
Sorry, some manual work is needed to run the server:
# 1. Log into the computer running the HDA as a normal user# 2. Launch a command line/terminal session (From the GNOME desktop, select Applications > System Tools > Terminal)# 3. Login as super user:<br /><br />#: su-#:password: ''enter root password''<br /><br /># 4. Change the permissions of /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to allow editing with the following command:<br /><br />#: chmod 777 /etc/sysconfig/vncservers<br /><br /># 5. Open the file /etc/sysconfig/vncservers with a text editor (Applications > Accessories > gedit Text Editor on the GNOME desktop) and add the following two lines to the bottom of the file:<br /><br />#: VNCSERVERS="0:''yourusername''"#: VNCSERVERARGS[0]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 16"<br /><br />#'''NOTE:''' ''yourusername'' is the desktop user you use to login to your HDA desktop. Make sure there is no # comment symbol in front of your entries. This entry will create a 1024 x 768 desktop with 16M colors on your remote machine.<br /><br />#:You can set the desktop resolution to any value you want -- see below.<br /><br />#: You can also setup sessions for multiple users and computers. More detailed instructions are available [http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/configure-vnc-server-in-fedora/ here].<br /><br />#6. Change the file permissions back:<br /><br />#: chmod 244 /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
== Turn on Desktop Sharing ==
Next, remove the original index.html file and create a symlink to the appropriate new file: