x11vnc

How do I use x11vnc?

Start a x11vncserver with:

fgtest02@balz:~$ x11vnc

You can also start it with a password. Replace USERNAME with your own username.

fgtest02@balz:~$ x11vnc -rfbauth /home/USERNAME/.vnc/passwd

At the end you should get following message:

The VNC desktop is:      balz:0
PORT=5900

If you don't have a password file you can create one with:

fgtest02@balz:~$ x11vnc -storepasswd
Enter VNC password:
Verify password:
Write password to /home/fgtest02/.vnc/passwd?  [y]/n y
Password written to: /home/fgtest02/.vnc/passwd

Connect with VNC Viewer

After setting everything up you can connect to it with the program VNC Viewer

If you log out or close the window the process will be stopped.