Allow other Users to view and control your desktop, and MAKE SURE TO PUT IN PASSWORD PROTECTION!! Also, turn off asking for confirmation.ģ. To activate this, go to System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop. Intangible wrote a nice peice on installing and configuring X11VNC if you want to check it out. This is actually a VNC server that comes shipped with Ubuntu, and since I am tailoring this to be simple, I thought I would use this instead of X11VNC. We don't have to worry about any other parts other than the base installation. Now for our purposes, all we need is apache. YAY! That worked! (If not, there is a nice tutorial on how to install apache at that I used) If it doesn't, try logging out, and then back in. Just point it to 127.0.0.1 (Yep, 'localhost' does just fine too) It should pop up with a screen that says 'apache2-default/' with a little folder in front of it. Let's check the setup with the web browser. That's easy, it comes all nice and configured, ready to go. If you don't already have Apache installed, install it now. (that means you need the java plugin for Firefox, for most of you.) Īlso make sure that you have the correct plugins for your browser, if you are going to be testing it on the same machine.

Make sure that you have the universe repository enabled.

I thought all I had to do was apt-get the tightvnc-java package. Then, they could browse the machine just like a normal VNC connection. I was looking for a Java Based VNC Client, that someone could simply connect to through my existing apache web server, and enter the password. After 19 grueling hours trying to set up a VNC Client that resides on my VNC Server, here it is.

Vnc client portable