Getting black screen when connecting to VNC server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting black screen when connecting to VNC server from windows or RHEL client
  • Required ports are open
  • Firewall is disabled
  • Following message was logged under /home/user/.vnc/log
sh: /home/user/.vnc/xstartup: Permission denied 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • VNC

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