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This document contains instructions for setting up a connection from a Windows PC to a VNC linux session.  

Set up your PC

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• Install vpn if you don't have it already. Instructions from SCCS are here: https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/NetMan/How+to+Connect+to+SLAC+VPN
• Download and install the vnc for windows viewer client software executable from here: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html
• Download and install putty, if you don't have it already. Once you install and run vpn, you can get putty from the SLAC xweb: https://xweb.slac.stanford.edu

Configure the vncserver

• Using putty (or XWin-32 if you prefer) log into iris01.slac.stanford.edu, providing your unix username and password
• Create your vnc password:
  • > vncpasswd
    Provide a password following the usual SLAC password guidelines.
    The password will be stored in ~/.vnc/passwd
    To reset the password, run vncpasswd again.

• Protect the password:
  • > fs setacl ~/.vnc system:slac none
  • > fs setacl ~/.vnc system:authuser none

• Start vncserver to create your xstartup file:
  • > vncserver -localhost -nolisten tcp -geometry 1440x900
  • Make note of the display number that is returned, for example:
    New 'iris01:3 (jrock)' desktop is iris01:3
    In this case, 3 is the display number.
    in the following instructions, the display number is indicated by x

References 

SLAC Linux VNC page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/vnc.html

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