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Offline rajesh.bahl

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Can VNC give root's desktop ?
« on: May 14, 2007, 06:36:38 PM »


Hello everyone !


Can we shift the gnome desktop of root  on Linux server to Linux desktop machine through VNC ?

The problem I am facing is that whenever I try to shift the desktop of root , I only get the background and a terminal window but not the actual desktop ! I have checked /root/.vnc/xstartup but  the same file when invoked as a"normal" user works fine.
Is there any way we can get "complete desktop" of root to a remote machine through VNC ?


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rajesh.bahl


Offline Ricky

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Re: Can VNC give root's desktop ?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 09:39:49 AM »
I am not sure but if VNC server is started as root then only it can show root's desktop.