CentOS 7 VNC users dont share desktop session

I installed VNC server on a CentOS machine. I set up a user, and then enabled the VNC server for them on startup following these steps: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-remote-access-for-the-gnome-desktop-on-centos-7 . I can successfully log into the machine over VNC, but it appears that the VNC users are not sharing the same session... as if I log into the physical machine and start up a process, when the VNC connection is made, nothing is active on the desktop at all. What did I do wrong? I need VNC to allow users to log in and remotely debug software which may or may not have been started by someone logged into the physical machine