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  1. run the following command from a command window:
    ssh yourUserName@vnc.math.wustl.edu
    with your math login user name and password.
  2. run the following command once you logged on vnc.math.wustl.edu
    vncserver
    When you run the vncserver command first time, it will ask to set up a password. This will be the password you use when you remotely remotely log on to this vncserver.
  3. The typical output from step 2 looks like the following:

    New 'troi.wustl.edu:2 (slxiao)' desktop is troi.wustl.edu:2
    Starting applications specified in /Mathematics/Staff/slxiao/.vnc/xstartup
    Log file is /Mathematics/Staff/slxiao/.vnc/troi.wustl.edu:2.log

    In this case, remember the number 2 followed the "troi.wustl.edu:" .
  4. download a free vnc viewer to your local machine and install it. Any vncviewer should work. For example, a free RealVNC vncviewer works for me and you can download it here.
  5. run vncviewer and enter vnc.math.wustl.edu:2 where the number 2 should be the same as we got from the step 2 above. ( It could be some other numbers.)
  6. Enter the password you entered in the step 2 above. Then you are all set. Now you can use the computer vnc.math.wustl.edu just like you sit in front of that computer.
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