On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Terre Porter <tporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > The instructions out linked to has a type-o at the end says to connect to > ip:5801 should be 5901. > > If your using a vnc client uvnc, tightvnc.. try using just the ip without > the :port part or :1 for the 5901. > I am unfortunately connecting from a windows box that I do not have admin rights on. I have to use the client provided, which is RealVNC Viewer. All I can do is give the ip. > Try lsof -i -P | grep -i "listen" > > To see what ports are listening... > [root@10 sysconfig]# lsof -i -P | grep -i "listen" | grep vnc Xvnc 22052 motor 4u IPv4 527366 0t0 TCP localhost.localdomain:5901 (LISTEN) Xvnc 22286 motor 4u IPv4 530145 0t0 TCP localhost.localdomain:5902 (LISTEN) > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > Of Larry Martell > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 6:05 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: VNC > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Terre Porter > <tporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Try this, iptables dump from my fresh install, with ssh allow and the > > vnc you referenced. > > > > Terre > > > > # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Fri Oct 11 17:39:52 2013 > > *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT > > [45:7091] -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A > > INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m > > state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state > > --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp -m multiport --dports > > 5901:5903,6001:6003 -j ACCEPT > > -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A FORWARD -j > > REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT # Completed on Fri > > Oct 11 17:39:52 2013 > > > > > OK, with this file I'm getting connection timed out - before I was getting > connection refused so I guess that's some progress. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Larry Martell > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 5:36 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: VNC > > > > 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-eas > > > y- > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos