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TigerVNC
I used TigerVNC a lot a few years ago. I need to get it running again to access a virtual C8 system I want to build on my big fileserver. I have followed the installation instructions in the F33 SysAdmin guide (
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f33/system-administrators-guide/) to the letter. But when I start the service on my fully-updated F33 laptop, I get an unhelpful failure message:
Job for
vncserver@display_number.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status
vncserver@display_number.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-12-22 15:13:47 CST; 13s ago
Process: 147917 ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l doc -c /usr/bin/vncserver display_number -geometry 1280x1024 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
CPU: 1ms
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[1]: Starting Remote desktop service (VNC)...
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[147917]:
vncserver@display_number.service: Failed to execute command: Permission denied
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[147917]:
vncserver@display_number.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /sbin/runuser: Permission denied
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[1]:
vncserver@display_number.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[1]:
vncserver@display_number.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 22 15:13:47 tiger.protogeek.org systemd[1]: Failed to start Remote desktop service (VNC).
Does any of this make any sense to you?
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL