Re: VNC

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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Earl Ramirez <earlaramirez@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 15:18 -0600, Larry Martell wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up a VNC server using the instructions at
> >
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/linux-101-easy-vnc-server-setup/
> > .
> >
> > I am up to step 6:
> >
> > Step 6: Edit iptables
> >
> > In order for the VNC connections to get through, you must allow them with
> > iptables. To do this, open up the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add
> the
> > line:
> >
> > -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp -m multiport --dports
> > 5901:5903,6001:6003 -j ACCEPT
> >
> > Save the file and restart iptables with the command:
> >
> > service iptables restart
> >
> > When I issue the restart command I get:
> >
> > iptables: Applying firewall rules: iptables-restore: line 1 failed
> >                                                            [FAILED]
> >
> > Note that I did not have an iptables file before but there is
> > an iptables-config file.
> >
> > Can someone help me complete this configuration.
>
> Can you post the content of the file, I just edit the config file and I
> didn't get any errors when I issue the command
>
> $ sudo /sbin/service iptables restart
>
>
As I wrote, there was no iptables file. I created one with just that one
line:

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp -m multiport --dports
5901:5903,6001:6003 -j ACCEPT
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