VNC^® Enterprise Edition User Guide

Contents

About This Guide

Chapter 1: Introducing VNC Enterprise Edition

What is VNC Enterprise Edition?

Getting VNC Enterprise Edition ready to use

VNC Enterprise Edition 4.5 connectivity

What to read next

Chapter 2: Getting Started: Connecting A Client To A Host Computer

Step 1: Ensure VNC Server is running on the host computer

Step 2: Start VNC Viewer on the client computer

Step 3: Identify VNC Server on the host computer

Step 4: Select an encryption option

Step 5: Connect and authenticate to VNC Server

Troubleshooting connection

Chapter 3: Using VNC Viewer

Starting VNC Viewer

Configuring VNC Viewer before you connect

Connecting to a host computer

Connected: The VNC Viewer experience

Using the VNC Viewer toolbar

Using the VNC Viewer shortcut menu

Using the VNC Viewer Properties dialog

Managing the current connection

Changing the appearance and behavior of VNC Viewer

Restricting access to functionality

Chapter 4: Connecting From A Web Browser

Connecting to a host computer

Connected: The VNC Viewer for Java experience

Working with VNC Viewer for Java

Chapter 5: Exchanging Information

Printing host computer files to a local printer

Transferring files between client and host computers

Copying and pasting text between client and host computers

Communicating securely using VNC Chat

Chapter 6: Setting Up VNC Server

Starting VNC Server

Running multiple instances of VNC Server

Working with VNC Server

Configuring network communications

Preventing connections to VNC Server

Restricting functionality for connected users

Stopping VNC Server

Chapter 7: Security

Authenticating connections to VNC Server

Relaxing the authentication rules

Bypassing the authentication rules

Relaxing the encryption rules

Preventing particular connections to VNC Server

Restricting functionality for particular connected users

Uniquely identifying VNC Server

Upholding privacy

Appendix A: Saving Connections

Saving connections to VNC Address Book

Using VNC Address Book to connect

Managing connections using VNC Address Book

Saving connections to desktop icons

Using the VNC Viewer shortcut menu

VNC Viewer has a shortcut menu that facilitates many of the same common operations as the VNC Viewer toolbar. For more information on this, see Using the VNC Viewer toolbar.

Note: If you cannot access the VNC Viewer shortcut menu, it may have been disabled. For more information, see Changing the appearance and behavior of VNC Viewer.

By default, to open the shortcut menu, press the F8 key (you may need to hold down the FN key under Mac OS X):

(Windows XP. Some standard Windows menu options have been omitted from this example.)

Note: Under Mac OS X, more Send <key> options are available to send Mac-specific commands to a host computer also running Mac OS X.

The following table explains the effect of selecting menu options that do not have equivalent toolbar buttons.

Shortcut menu option	Explanation
Relative Pointer Motion	Turn this option on if the host computer’s mouse cursor appears to be behaving abnormally, for example by accelerating too fast.
Ctrl	Turn this option on to simulate holding down the CTRL key.
Alt	Turn this option on to simulate holding down the ALT key.
Send F8	Sends an F8 command to the host computer. (By default, F8 opens the shortcut menu; see Changing the VNC Viewer shortcut menu key for information on choosing a different key.) You could alternatively press F8 twice in quick succession.
Refresh Screen	Refreshes the display of the host computer’s desktop.
About	Displays VNC Viewer version information. You may need this if you contact Support.

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