Freia: VNC for Linux, macOS, Unix via SSH Tunnel

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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