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I have TigerVNC running on my Red Hat machine. I am using 5902 and 5903. When I remote in, it is a whole new X session. I changed one of the ports to 0, but RH says it is already being used. I am trying to see the currently logged in person's session.

I cannot connect to port zero, 5900. I get connection refused. I am logged in as root on the server machine. I am connecting from a Windows machine if that matters.

I want to be able to remote in and see who is currently logged in on the Linux machine and what is going on, like I can a Windows machine. Thanks.

johnny
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Ive fought the same issue.You want x11vnc .

It'll let you see a logged in X display just like you describe. Ive used it where I was logged in on a linux desktop, walked away and then was remote and wanted to pick back up where I left off. You just ssh into the system start x11vnc and then you can see your display.

Edit to add that theres a bit of a gotcha if you arent logged in and the workstation. If the workstation is at a login screen, itll still work but you have to do a bit more work to get the thing going. more details on that here

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