How can I access the remote clipboard when Screen Sharing into a Linux system

I am using Screen Sharing to do vnc to my work computer running Linux, however the Edit -> Cut,Copy, Paste,Delete commands are all greyed out. Is there some way to enable these options ?

On a related question, I could get text from one vnc window to the clipboard when highlighted with the mouse, and can paste to the same vnc window, but I can't paste the same text to another vnc window... as if the clipboard isn't updating. Seems each vnc window remembers its own clipboard updates only, which is not what I want. Would prefer clipboard info to be available to all vnc windows, is this possible ?

Solution 1:

There's a program called vncconfig that makes clipboard integration work. Just run it in your sever like:

vncconfig &

And now it works. Kind of a miserably named program though. Another tip is to add vncconfig & to your ~/.vnc/xstartup script so you always have it.