Following shows how to create a SSH tunnel in order to connect to the VNC server running on
freia
host.
Note that in example
fguest1
account is used to connect to remote port of
5901
.
Change the port number for your guest account. For example, for
account fguest2
port is 5902
;
for fguest3
it is 5903
; so forth.
Create SSH Tunnel
Open a terminal, and type the following (replace 1
with your number).
ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 fguest1@freia.ifa.hawaii.edu
Connect to freia
via VNC viewer
It is recommended you use RealVNC Viewer.
Start your VNC viewer, and use localhost:5901
(established above after creating the SSH tunnel)
as the destination to connect to.
Support for RealVNC
Refer to RealVNC Help Center and see Using the RealVNC Help Center (get support, etc).
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