VNC: Difference between revisions

1) Since moving to turbovnc on the clusters, the previously documented MaxConnectionTime of 1hr (3600 sec) is no longer supported.  Instead we suggest you set an idle timeout value to something like 7days before your session is killed.  This way unused sessions consuming vital memory resources will not accumulate on cluster login nodes over time.  The first time you connect, vncserver will require a password be set which can be [https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/VNC#Vncserver_password changed] later.  The password insure only you can establish [https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/VNC#Multiple_connections multiple connections] to your desktop(s). This functionality requires you originally started your vncserver with the optional <code>-alwaysshared</code> option shown here: