Re: VNC server not reponding to external requests

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On 02/25/2013 07:55 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hey everyone:
>
> I got it working.  I set it up under a user account.
> I was trying to set it up with the root account.
> It is working with the user account.
>
> Will the VNC server allow remote logins as root?
 From root did you run vncpasswd to create the needed /root.vnc/ files?

>
> Thanks,
>    Neil
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Neil Aggarwal
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:33 AM
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  VNC server not reponding to external requests
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
>    Neil
>
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