Re: VNC server not reponding to external requests

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/25/2013 11:33 AM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I tried following the instructions on this page to set up a VNC
> server:
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server
>
> I can telnet to port 5901 from the machine itself:
> # telnet 127.0.0.1 5901
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to 127.0.0.1.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> RFB 003.008
>
> But, when I try to connect to it from the outside world, I get a connection
> timeout.
>
> My /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file does not have the -nolisten tcp nor the
> -localhost
> options so it should be configured to accept outside connections.
>
> Is there some default setting in the vncserver that I need to change to
> allow outside
> connections?

And what about iptables?


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