Padmaja wrote:
Hi,Thanks for such a fast response. I typed vncserver at the command line and it asked me for a password. It said I would require password to enter the desktop. I did not set any before so gave some dummy password. It again showed Verify and I typed the same password again. Then the screen showed something likefor user padmaja, the startup script is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup the startup applications are in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup the log file is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/sipserver.com.logAfter this I typed ps aux and saw that there is a Xvnc running againt pid 11435.Now, I tried to connect to the Centos PC from Windows using Vnc client and it gave the error"unable to connect to host: connection refused (10061)."I cant understand what the issue is. I am however able to connect to Windows PCs from VNC on windows.
Please don't top post :)Look and see if the iptables firewall in running on the CentOS box, if so you will need to open the correct port to connect from an external machine.
================================================================= as root do the command: service iptables status if it says anything other than this, iptables is running: 1st Possibility: Firewall is stopped. Second Possibility: Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Both of those outputs mean the firewall is not running. If there is something like this, the firewall is running: Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any ACCEPT ipv6-crypt-- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT ipv6-auth-- anywhere anywhereACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ftp ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ssh ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:http ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:rsync ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpts:6881:6899 REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
=================================================================How you will open up the firewall (if it is running) depends on if both machines are behind a firewall or touching the internet ... whether you want to ONLY connect from one machines or 1 subnet to this machine via VNC (remember that VNC, by itself is NOT secure, and I would not connect or open standard VNC across the internet).
<snip> Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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