Add GUI w/TightVNC to Debian 9 Server

25 Jul

apt-get install xfce4

#installs some useful tools:
xfce4-goodies

#make it always start in GUI mode:
systemctl set-default graphical.target

#apt-get install tightvncserver
#touch ~/.Xresources
(not sure if this needs to be done).

nano /etc/systemd/system/tightvncserver.service

[Unit]
Description=TightVNC remote desktop server
After=sshd.service

[Service]
Type=dbus
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tightvncserver :1
User=mediaservices
Type=forking

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl enable tightvncserver.service

Start the TightVNC server using the account “mediaservices” to define a password:
su – mediaservice -c “/usr/bin/tightvncserver”

You may have to enabled a shell for the user mediaservice.

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