On Saturday 09 August 2008 10:35:23 am Colin Paul Adams wrote: > >>>>> "Tim" == Taylor, Tim <ttaylor@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Tim> If you are sure a firewall isn't running on the server, and > Tim> you can telnet to that port from the server but nowhere else > Tim> then I would suggest checking that the VNC server is indeed > Tim> listening on the EXTERNAL interface. It sounds like it is > Tim> listening on the local loopback only. > > Could you expand on that please? > > It is configured thus: > > VNCSERVERS="5:username" > VNCSERVERARGS[5]="-geometry 1024x780 -depth 24 -nolisten tcp -nohttpd > -localhost" You need to remove the "-localhost" parameter, as this is telling to the vnc server to accept connections only from the host. Or, you can try to do a tunneling, from the client: # ssh -XY yourname@yourvncserver /usr/bin/vncviewer localhost:5 > > The connection attempt is made as: > > hostname:5 -via localhost > > Is this what you mean by not listening on the EXTERNAL interface? > -- > Colin Adams > Preston Lancashire best regards Teo Fonrouge -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
