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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

• 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).

• 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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