Enabling VNC
Jeremy Conlin
jeremyconlin at mail.weber.edu
Tue Oct 19 13:52:14 UTC 2004
On 2004-10-19 09:07:13 -0400, "Scot L. Harris" <webid at cfl.rr.com> said:
>
> There are a couple of things that could be a problem.
>
> 1. Make sure iptables is not blocking port 5901 (default port). To do a
> quick test just disable iptables temporarily by running the command:
> service iptables stop
Stopping iptables using the command suggested allowed me to log in!
But the only window I had was a terminal window and it didn't look
anything like the desktop looks like. Isn't this what VNC is supposed
to do is make it so I have the desktop remotely?
>
> If this works then you will need to configure iptables to let port 5901
> through.
I don't know how to let port 5901 through. Can someone give me a
command I can use to start this?
>
> 2. vncserver is not running. You need to make sure you have set a
> password for vnc. If you have not vncserver will not run. There is a
> vncpasswd command. You need to run that as the user you run vncserver
> as. It will create a directory and some files under you home account.
> (set this up under a regular user account not root, you can use su to
> get root permissions when needed)
I have run the vncserver command and initiated a password.
>
> 3. If using the vncviewer from windows make sure you append :1 to the IP
> address you use for the system you are connecting to.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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