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- Invoke a command window on your PC:
- click the Start Button in the lower lefthand corner of your screen
- enter Command in the search box
- select "Command line tools" from the list
- In the command window, use putty to create a secure scp tunnel to the vncserver host and vncserver port:
- putty -ssh -L pcport:localhost:59displaynum vncserverhost.slac.stanford.edu
- pcport = port on your pc, 590anything, e.g. 59015902
- displaynum = vncserver session as noted when you started the vncserver, use 2 digits with leading 0 if needed, see above
- vncserverhost = host where vncserver is running
- for example
putty -ssh -L 5902:localhost:5903 iris01.slac.stanford.edu
or
putty -ssh -L 5902:localhost:5912 iris02.slac.stanford.edu
- putty -ssh -L pcport:localhost:59displaynum vncserverhost.slac.stanford.edu
- Enter your unix username and password.
- Now run the vnc client.
- In the Server box, enter localhost:pcport
for example localhost:5902 - click OK
- The vnc viewer authentication popup will appear; this can take some time.
- Enter your vnc server password (you don't need to enter username in the popup).
- In the Server box, enter localhost:pcport
- Your linux desktop should appear.
- When you're ready to close the vnc client, simply click the window close icon, "X", at the upper righthand corner of the display.
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