Re: One Viewer and Several Servers.
2010/11/8 Cláudio Baptista : [snip] > I know that exists the config file and I can save de connect options for > each host, but I'd like to access the hosts using only one config file for > the fifteen workstations. [snip] Sounds like you want something like mRemoteNG: http://www.mremoteng.org/ or Remote Desktop Manager http://remotedesktopmanager.com/ -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Xinetd or sysconfig...
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Harpley, Chris (UK) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a development server to support ~20 s/w engineers > who will gain access via RealVNC from their windows desktops. I need to > provide resumable/persistent connections. Any vnc connections need to > be password protected. Would prefer users to manage their own display > geometry and apps at startup etc (eg, have a $HOME/.vnc/config and > xstartup). > > The only Red Hat specific guide I can find on the subject is 3 years old > now: > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_45_3976.shtm What part isn't working? I don't believe Red Hat has substantially changed their startup scripts for VNC. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: A slightly general VNC question
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Shikhanshu Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > what happened: > within the lan, everything's rosy, i can access my mac from roomy's PC > using > a viewer. also, usually i go to http://ip-address:port in the browser and > if > it i see the RFB 003.008 message, i assume communication is fine. > from office, it looks like port forwarding is working fine. > http://my-external-ip:forwarded_port works fine and gives me RFB 003.008 > in > the browser. thus i am assuming the communication is fine and my requests > from outside the lan are being properly forwarded to the vnc server port > (5900) on my mac. > Is your web browser configure to use a proxy server? Using the web browser to test the connection probably isn't the best choice. I would suggest something like "telnet my-external-ip 5901". -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VncViewer client crashes when server does "add client" is that a bug?
On 11/6/07, wb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded ultravnc the newest version and there is the same problem. You will have better luck getting assistance with the UltraVNC viewer on the UltraVNC list. The RealVNC viewer and the UltraVNC viewer are two different codebases. I guess UltraVNC has moved to forum based support: http://forum.ultravnc.info/ -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC via browser
On 11/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would cause the browser to be able to connect to the vnc mini-webserver > on my home PC but not be able to complete the full connection after that? I > don't believe I forwarded port 5800 on my router at home, but since I'm > already connecting to it, it seems like that wouldn't be it. The HTTP server you are connecting to on port 5800 just serves the java applet. After that, the applet tries to connect to the VNC server on it's normal port of 5900. Short answer: If you can't connect with the regular viewer, you can't connect with the Java viewer. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Enable/Disable mouse & keyboard via VNC viewer
Please send replies to the VNC list. Jocelyn wrote: > I want to disable the server keyboard and mouse and let the student to > see me operate is computer. The student cannot operate keyboard and mouse > until I reactive it via my viwer menu. Does the "Disable local inputs while server is in use" option in the server not do what you want? http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvnc.html#Inputs -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Enable/Disable mouse & keyboard via VNC viewer
Jocelyn wrote: > Is There a way or did you plan to add an option to allow disable and > enable the keyboard and mouse via the VNC viewer? Like this? http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html#Input -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Unable to connect
John Aldrich wrote: > Hi, all... I've been a long-time user of RealVNC, but haven't used it > in awhile. I'm trying to tunnel to my Fedora Core 6 box at home via PuTTY > and it doesn't seem to be working. I can ssh to the linux box, but > whenever I attempt to use VNC, I immediately get "the connection closed > unexpectedly" and an offer to try again. Places to look for clues: - PuTTY's event log (right click title bar -> Event Log) - /var/log/secure (info from the sshd side) - /home//.vnc/*.log (though it sounds like you have already verified the server is working) - hostname in tunnel setup (sometimes if you use the hostname instead of localhost then the FC6 firewall becomes an issue) -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Access Control Issue
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > I then click the 'Only accept connections > from the local machine' option, and it's then that the problem occurs and > I can't connect the PC that I'm after. [snip] http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvnc.html#Connections Only accept connections from the local machine The LocalHost option tells VNC Server to only accept incoming connections from Viewers running on the local host computer. This is only normally used when connections are to tunneled through a custom transport (e.g. serial line, custom wireless, etc) and will therefore appear to the TCP stack to originate from the local host. If VNC Server is configured to accept connections only via local loopback then the Hosts option is ignored. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: vnc setup like gotomypc.com?
Bruce Pennypacker wrote: [snip] > This sounds like exactly what I would prefer. I've never used the > listening client before so I figured I'd give it a shot. I just tried > running the listening client on my workstation and ran "winvnc4.exe > -connect " > on the machine I wanted to control but I keep getting an error "Unable to > locate existing VNC Server". [snip] I believe this indicates a VNC server isn't running. In that past, I've used a batch file with two commands, one to start the VNC server, then the one you have above to send that VNC server the signal to connect to a viewer. If you read between the lines in the help, it does imply that a VNC server must be running first: -connect []- Connect an existing WinVNC server to a listening viewer. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: vnc setup like gotomypc.com?
Shobuz99 wrote: > Sean, > What if one of Bruce's family members also has a router? > If they do, then their port forwarding needs to be setup > so that Bruce can connect to whichever machine on their router. [snip] Not if you use the listening viewer as suggested by Sean. Only the viewer needs the port forwarding (which would presumably be Bruce). -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: I'm stumped
Andrew Hime wrote: [snip] > So, it gets stranger... just on a laugh, I fired up my web browser here > at work and went to port 5900 on the target box. It loaded the RealVNC > java viewer, then... connection timed out. If port 5900 brings up the Java viewer, you have changed the default port configuration on the server. Why don't you tell us what that configuration is and what you are using in the client to try to connect. Your timeouts may just be that you are trying to connect to the wrong port. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Re: I'm stumped
Please send replies to the list. Andrew Hime wrote: >> [snip] >>> Hey, it's a Windows app, right? Uninstall/reinstall, right? Nope. >>> Somehow, it retains the setting. The directory gets wiped, there's no >>> registry settings, and yet... >> >> It is stored in HKLM\SOFTWARE\RealVNC\WinVNC4\Hosts >> > I remember that tree, but I guess I somehow missed seeing the setting. > Will poke around at it when I get home, I guess. Do you suggest deleting > the key or can I just set it to "+"? I believe by default it is not present. Mine is currently set to "+," because in the past I've added an address then removed it. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: I'm stumped
Andrew Hime wrote: [snip] > Hey, it's a Windows app, right? Uninstall/reinstall, right? Nope. > Somehow, it retains the setting. The directory gets wiped, there's no > registry settings, and yet... It is stored in HKLM\SOFTWARE\RealVNC\WinVNC4\Hosts -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: 'vncviewer.jar' location?
LC)a Massiot wrote: >> you could run the vncviewer java application from the command line if >> you wanted). > Yes but it would'nt be the same process at all, would it be? > You are talking about the other solution proposed by "RealVNC" which > uses directly a client program to connect to the VNC server on port 5900, > aren't you? The Java viewer and the native viewer both use the RFB protocol on port 5900. The only difference between the two is that you can use a web browser to retrieve the java client. Once the java client is running it is no different than any other vnc viewer. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: vnc password on many pcs in company network
PK wrote: [snip] > You should create a master vnc program which can be installed on some > server machine. Such program would be able to control all settings on > remote machines. I imagine to mark 40 pcs and pick change password to all > of them in SINGLE click! I know it would require to change existing vnc > programs and build new super vnc server program, but isnt it worth doing? Why reinvent the wheel? All of the VNC settings are stored in the registry and there are numberous ways to change registry settings remotely. For example, you could use regedit to do it one PC at a time or domain policies to do it to a whole group. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: How to set up VNC?
Kevin Flowers wrote: [snip] > Port 5800 is to connect to her machine via the VNC client software, 5900 > is via a web browser. I prefer the client. You have these backwards. Port 5900 is the RFB port (the VNC protocol), 5800 is the HTTP port that serves the Java viewer. To use the Java viewer both ports are needed. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: FW: Access by IP
Tillman William A CIV USAF 96 CG/SCWDT wrote: > Does anyone know if you can configure VNC to only allow certain IP's to > access them? RealVNC has these settings on the "Connections" tab. http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvnc.html > I need to say this is Ultra VNC That's a different question (and probably better suited to the UltraVNC list). Knowing that UltraVNC shared some code with RealVNC 3.3.7, I would guess that you have to edit the registry. Look for AuthHosts: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/3.3.7/winvnc.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: my realvnc was hacked
Information Technology Dpt. Crafta wrote: > 2.- How can I be notified by email of the RealVNC vulnerabilities in > order do better secure practices? http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-announce -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: A heads up on new worm affecting previous versions of RealVNC
Mike Miller wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Diana Hargus wrote: > > >> Just had to clean up this new worm from an infected pc. Apparently the >> vector was through an um-updated VNC on a friend's pc. Just another >> reason to update and patch. >> >> http://www.us.sophos.com/security/analyses/w32rbotgai.html >> >> >> From the writeup on the worm at Sophos: >> >> >> W32/Rbot-GAI spreads to other network computers by exploiting common >> buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), SRVSVC >> (MS06-040), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), ASN.1 (MS04-007) and RealVNC >> (CVE-2006-2369). >> > > > What do we know about which VNC versions are vulnerable? Check it out using the CVE number: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-2369 This references the bug in version 4.1.1. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Add New Client
Anson Ng wrote: > When you issue Add New Client from a VNC server, does it use another > port other than 5900? The Listening viewer listens on port 5500 by default. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Unable to Add Client
Myrick Lloyd wrote: > I'm having an issue adding a client to the Server Connection. For > example, when I type 192.168.1.xx/255.255.255.0 it adds it to the list as > 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 > This happen no matter what I type i for xx. Help > please. This is occurring on a WinXP SP2 Home edition. Thanks in advance > for your help. A subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 indicates a network, not a host. If you want a specific host, use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Infinite Loop
Norman Zhang wrote: > Hi, > > > When I tried to log in to my local VNC server (i.e., VNC server and > viewer on the same box). I get infinite small windows (window within > window) of my session. I cannot do anything but to kill the session. Could > someone please give me some hints on how to fix this? What operating system are you using? What were you expecting to happen? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC Connection Over SSH Problem
GB wrote: [snip] > 1. Initiate SSH Tunnel- From the vncviewer machine, I establish a ssh > tunnel connection with the following command in a terminal window: > > ssh 192.168.1.107 -l user_name -p 22 -L 5900:192.168.1.107:5900 [snip] > Here is where to problem occurs- I setup a dyndns entry with no-ip.com > and substitute my 192.168.1.107 entry in the ssh > > command above with, my-address.no-ip.com, and successfully make the ssh > connection. What is the exact command you are using in this case? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: automatic desktop
David DJOUBOUI wrote: > Hi everybody there > > > Im using vnc on a red hat enterprise Linux 4 but Im wondering if > theres some mean to make a desktop automatically available after upon > system restart, I administer my server from a remote location and will not > like to be oblige to logon at server console to start a vnc server session > whenever I restart my server Edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file then use chkconfig to configure the "vncserver" service to start for your runlevel. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC viewer listen mode - using a connection bi-directional
Please reply to the VNC list. Mircea Nanu wrote: > basicaly, after he connected from B with his viewer in -liten mode to my > server A, what should i do to see he's desktop? i looked at available > options in tray (vnc icon), and none sugested anything regarding: me > controlling the client desktop. > > mircea. If you want to control machine B, then machine A should be running the viewer in listen mode. Then machine B starts the VNC server and uses the tray icon to "Add New Client", putting in the address and port for machine A. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC viewer listen mode - using a connection bi-directional
Mircea Nanu wrote: [snip] > is there a way for me to see he's desktop, once he is connected to me? > > i thought that if he connects using the viewer in -listen mode, i'll be > able to use the conenction that he initiates to see he's desktop. so far, > no success :( The viewer in listening mode is what you are looking for. Give us more details on what you tried and what the result was. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: setting server rfb port to non-default - on the vncviewer
John Lumby wrote: >> "If the VNC server is using a non-standard port number to accept >> connections then this is specified by adding two colons to the server's >> address or name, followed by the port number" >> > > Yes! thank-you. I did not see that documented but now I do. Thanks > for pointing that out.Oh well. And for anyone who tries this, since > the documentation does not state the order of the subfields when you need > to specify all three subfields - server-IP-address , server-port , > server-display-number I discovered by trial and error that it is the above > order, with the three (in total) colons like so : > server-IP-address::server-port:server-display-number You don't need all three. You need either port or display number: server::5905 or server:5 -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: setting server rfb port to non-default - on the vncviewer
John Lumby wrote: > I needed to do this recently. I found the -rfbport option on the > vncserver but no comparable option on the vncviewer, which left me unable > to connect to the Xvnc. Would this be for the case of: "-listen [port] Causes vncviewer to listen on the given port (default 5500) for reverse connections from a VNC server." Or would this be for the case of: "If the VNC server is using a non-standard port number to accept connections then this is specified by adding two colons to the server's address or name, followed by the port number" -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Connection problem from a Comcast to a DSL using old VNC 3.3.7 problem
John Cunniff wrote: > Dear everybody, > > > Hello, my name is John. I am Deaf, and have a visually-impaired friend > who has a problem with VNC 3.3.7. (I know it is old, because the new > version (4.2.6) is NOT a free program, like version 3.3.7 was, Version 4.1.2 is the newest VNC Free edition version. Version 4.2.6 is VNC Personal or VNC Enterprise. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Does tcp 0 0 *:5901 *:* LIST mean 5901 is wide open?
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: [snip] > Is there not a way to instantiate both connections/forwards with one > command? Have you read the page I pointed to before? http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/DTG/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Does tcp 0 0 *:5901 *:* LIST mean 5901 is wide open?
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: > I RDC to an NT Terminal Server on the same LAN as the gateway and > workstation/vncserver, and setup the SSH tunnel with putty by specifying 4 > things. Gateway IP, Compression, source port (5905), and destination > IP:port (10.3.1.194:5900). > > > I minimize the connection, then connect to 10.3.1.194:1 using Windoz VNC > Viewer which works fine. If you aren't using localhost:5 in the VNC viewer, you aren't using the SSH tunnel. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: unable to open display
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: [snip] > Since I can log into the gateway from a gnome client (Fedora), and > invoke a remote vncviewer successfully, but when I log into the gateway > from a cygwin client (XP) and invoke the remote vncviewer, I get 'unable > to open display', So it sounds like you problem is with cygwin, not VNC. Perhaps you will have better luck on a cygwin list? Have you started the cygwin X server? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: behind a router
Jeff Glaspie wrote: [snip] > My concern is that I don't want to > use the defaults and would like to start my ports at something like 51000. > Does > that mean that VNC will automatically know that 51000 will be "0" and so > on?? I just would like to make sure. No, you would have to use the address::port syntax. > --> Another think is that inorder to port forward, VNC has to have 5900 > TCP > 5500 TCP and 5800 TCP ports open to connect to the machine. VNC only needs one port (5900 by default). If you want to serve the java viewer, you need two ports (5900 and 5800 by default). Port 5500 is for the listening viewer, not the server. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: main: unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: > I connected! > > > Logged into SSH gateway: > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Binded ports: Not "binded", tunneled. > $ ssh -f -N -C -T -l rvanovermeiren -L5902:localhost:5901 10.3.1.194 Notice that this is using the SSH port for communication. That is why it works when connecting directly to the VNC server doesn't. > Then vncviewer: > > > $ vncviewer [-shared] localhost:2 > > > How do I unbind the ports? You close the tunnel by closing the SSH connection. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: main: unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: >> status of any firewalls on 10.3.1.194 > > Its just a Fedora/Gnome workstation. I haven't setup any firewalls. The firewall is on by default. Did you disable it during installation? > How > would I check this? /sbin/service iptables status > I've seen this in the logs, maybe there's an x session > authorization issue? If you can connect to the VNC server fine from the local machine, but not the network then it is a network issue. [snip] >> None of your examples use port forwarding, only a remote X tunnel from >> > SSH. > > > I can invoke VNCauth on other systems from the SSH gateway, Which leads us to believe the problem is communication with that specific machine. > and I was > told that the tunneling was all I needed. You aren't tunneling. > The hardware is different, and > they may be running an older Fedora, so I guess the systems are too > different to compare. > > I've seen had an example of a connection command with ports for > forwarding but can't find it. What command would work for my situation? If the issue is a local firewall, the only tunneling that would work would be: a) create a tunnel on the gateway to SSH on the problem machine b) create a tunnel (via the first tunnel) to VNC on the problem machine Unless you need the traffic from the gateway to the VNC machine encrypted, it would be easier to fix this issue then just use one tunnel from the gateway to the VNC server. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/DTG/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: main: unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)
Please send replies to the VNC list. Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: > Well, as user 'rvanovermeiren', I start vncserver: > > > $ vncserver (works OK) > > > Then, I test viewer from localhost > > > $ vncviewer :1 (works OK. I can get a textual or graphic desktop) This tells you nothing of the status of any firewalls on 10.3.1.194, though. > I connect to the SSH gateway, and invoke viewer on an associates IP: > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > $ vncviewer 10.3.1.78:1 (invokes the VNCauth box OK) > > > I try to connect with vncviewer to my IP: > > > $ vncviewer 10.3.1.194:1 (connection times out) I assume this is after you have used SSH to connect to the gateway machine? > > If I knew what log to view, I might find why its not working. I know > port forwarding is working None of your examples use port forwarding, only a remote X tunnel from SSH. > and I doubt the admins are blocking my specific > IP. Is there a firewall on your machine blocking connections, though. Another troubleshooting step would be to use telnet to verify you can connect to the machine: $ telnet 10.3.1.194 5901 And see if you get a response. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: main: unable to connect to host: Connection timed out (110)
Robert Van Overmeiren wrote: > I can run vncserver, and test locally with vncviewer 10.3.1.194:1. From > a port forward configured SSH gateway, I can connect with vncviewer to an > associates box, but connection to my box times out. I think there's a > problem with SSH keys. I highly doubt it since VNC doesn't use SSH keys. Start with the basics. Copy and paste what commands you are using and what output they are generating. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Connection not allowed to own service freedesktop due to security policies
evets dranem wrote: > maybe you could try yum libstdc++ > More than a little secure .. > You need to find out from someone at fedora if they fixed the 411 > rremote access bug; which is ENTIRELY NASTY IF EXPLOITED [the bad guys will > own your machine(s)] then you won't have to update > but... You can just look at the RPM changelog to see it was fixed. * Fri May 26 2006 Jitka Kudrnacova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4.1.1-39.fc5 - enable OpenGL by default * Wed May 17 2006 Jitka Kudrnacova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4.1.1-38.fc5 - really fixed authentication * Tue May 16 2006 Jitka Kudrnacova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4.1.1-37.fc5 - Fixed authentication (bug #191692), upstream patch -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Wishes: Announcement of new versions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > > an announcement of new versions and security updates, maybe on a > additional mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] for example) - would be > verynice. At the moment such announces could only be found on the web > site, if I didn't miss anything... You missed something. http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-announce -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC session has inactivity logout, logs itself out after an hour; can I change this?
Bob Morrison \(bomorris\) wrote: [snip] > The client session is now logging itself out after an hour of > inactivity. This isn't what I want. I checked on-line help and couldn't > find any mention of inactivity logout. http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvnc.html#Connections "Disconnect idle clients after" -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: could not open default font 'fixed'
Seth Rainsdon wrote: [snip] > i am running the vnc server on a FC5 linux box trying to connect with a > windows xp box and getting this for my log: [snip] >> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, >> removing from list! Could not init font path element >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, >> removing from list! Could not init font path element >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, >> removing from list! Could not init font path element >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, >> removing from list! Could not init font path element >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, >> removing from list! Could not init font path element >> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, >> removing from list! [snip] You need to either point VNC at the correct path for your fonts or point it at the XFS font server. Why not just use the VNC that comes with FC5? It will be configured correctly out of the box. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: [VNC] Re: Multiple Machines behind Firewall
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > William Hooper wrote: > >> ou would only need SSH to the firewall (or to one machine behind the >> firewall), assuming you don't care that the internal communication >> isn't encrypted > > I guess I don't understand then. I'm using VNC viewer on my desktop > to connect to the firewall machine so I can get its desktop and do my work > - which I suppose could also be done through SSH. However, if I > connect to the firewall through SSH, how am I supposed to get to the > internal machine's desktop (from there?) Using VNC viewer is the only way > I know of. Look at the "More advanced use" section of this page. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/DTG/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html You use SSH port forwarding to forward a port to the internal machine via the firewall. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: [VNC] Re: Multiple Machines behind Firewall
Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Jerry Westrick wrote: > >> You do better using SSH and closing the 59xx ports on the filewall... >> >> > You're making the assumption that what's behind the firewall has SSH > capabilities - which they don't. You would only need SSH to the firewall (or to one machine behind the firewall), assuming you don't care that the internal communication isn't encrypted. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: CTRL+ALT+Delete
Travis Forghani wrote: > Hello, > > > When I connect to a computer that is at the CTRL+ALT+Delete screen and > try to get the User name and password screen by pressing CTRL+ALT+Delete, I > get my computers Windows Security window (has the Task Manager button on > it). Please read the documentation. http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#ctrl-alt-del -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC free & W2K server
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > I've installed free vnc-4_1_2-x86_win32 on 3 servers and configured the > connections & authentication which works properly. What I found was when > connecting to a server where the machine is logged off or locked the input > of ctrl+alt+del wasn't carried across to the remote machine to actually > log in. http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#ctrl-alt-del -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Java VNC
Brian Rudnicke wrote: > I need some help with a problem I can't seem to solve. > > > I have a workstation on my home network that is running VNC Free Edition > v4.1.2 (XP Pro, SP2). I have the server setup to serve the java client on > port 5802. I also have forwarded that port through my router (TCP). Did you forward the RFB Port (I would guess port 5902 in your example)? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Where is Clipboard
Jim Strickland wrote: > Forgive my ignorance. Once I have vncconfig running, how do I use the > clipboard to transfer files? You can't. The VNC clipboard transfer is text only. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Port forwarding challenges
Jordan Peacock wrote: > Well, having VNC over the local network working, I'm trying out the > next steps; getting it working from the outside internet (so I can access > my home machine during the installfest from my laptop) and securing it via > ssh. [snip] > to set up my router (a bit of a pain, this particular D-link only allows > for 10 virtual servers, and the tutorial asked for 3!). If you are going to be requiring SSH, you only need the SSH port. > Got it up and > running, and ran the test link > (http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/nettest.cgi) provided, and it's > hanging, the connection times out. Same thing happens when I try and run > vncserver using my outside IP. If you want VNC only available via SSH, this test won't help you. Get SSH working then use SSH to forward the ports you need for VNC. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: resolution problem.
Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: >> so if i am connecting from more then one computer, and have no control >> over the windows resolution (defrent screens). my only choise is to >> reduse my linux rez, and suffer from a small working window? > > I have a patch for realvnc X server that adds support for xrandr, making > it possible to resize virtual desktop. I've tried to post the patch to > this list some time ago, but message was rejected. The list doesn't allow attachments. Find some website to host your patch and you can post a link. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Dysfunctional security fix?
Anno Langen wrote: > My Linux machine received the security upgrade from May 12th 2006 > through yum as Version 4.1.1 Release 11.fc4. You are using a package provided by Fedora Core. You'll have to take it up with them. http://bugzilla.redhat.com -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Why isn't RealVNC included with Linux distributions?
Please send replies to the list. Curt Cox wrote: > Is the RealVNC branding included? I guess it depends on what you mean by "branding". > I might well be looking in the > wrong places, but I didn't see any references in either Fedora Core 4 I don't have a FC4 system handy, but a RHEL 3 machine has "Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd." as the author of the man pages. The viewer also lists the RealVNC copyright in the About window and the console it is ran from. > or > Ubuntu 5.10. IIRC you need to install the "vnc4server" and "vnc4viewer" in Ubuntu. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Why isn't RealVNC included with Linux distributions?
Curt Cox wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm curious why RealVNC isn't included in many (any?) Linux > distributions. RHEL and Fedora Core have been shipping RealVNC since at least the RealVNC 4beta stage. Ubuntu also includes RealVNC 4. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Is Remote Desktop to VNC possible?
Andrew Cross wrote: > Hello, > > > I have an Air Panel which is essentially a remote desktop terminal > running on Windows CE over wifi. I'd like to be able to connect using the > air panel to a linux box running some sort of remote desktop server for > linux, is anyone aware of a way to do this? That's completely off-topic for this list. That said, this month's LinuxJournal has a small paragraph about Thinstuff's Touch Rdpserver. You might want to check it out at www.thinstuff.com. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Ask for help: Attempt to connect to host / Timed out
Tao Yang wrote: >>> Xvnc: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: > > It looks like you need an older library. The name of that RPM depends > on what version of Red Hat you have (you didn't specify). On my RHEL v3, > this command would work: > > up2date -i compat-libstdc++ > > [Tao] Which should I edit after entering this up2date command interface? After you install the older libstdc++ it should get rid of the error above and allow you to run VNC. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Ask for help: Attempt to connect to host / Timed out
Tao Yang wrote: >> Can you please kindly give a hand on the following issue? >> >> >> >> When I run run the VNC View4 on Win2k connecting to my VNC server on a >> RedHat Linux box, I got "attempt to connect to host..." msg, and after >> that popped out is a "timed out (10060) " dialog. I log into my Linux >> server , make the /home/usr1/.vnc/vncservers to be like: >> VNCSERERS:"1:usr1" I'm not sure where you got that path from. Maybe you mean to be editing /etc/sysconfig/vncservers? >> Then I run the vncserver & in the shell prompt with usr1 account. I >> re-try the VNC viewer from Win2k, the same error --- attempt to connect >> ot host ... and time out Did you verify that Xvnc was actually running? ps waux | grep Xvnc >> I check the log file on the Linux server, it is like this: >> >> >> Xvnc: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: >> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xsetroot: >> unable to open display 'usr1:1' xterm Xt error: Can't open display: >> usr1:1 >> twm: unable to open display "usr1:1" >> >> >> Can you tell me what's the problem? It looks like you need an older library. The name of that RPM depends on what version of Red Hat you have (you didn't specify). On my RHEL v3, this command would work: up2date -i compat-libstdc++ -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: libstd++...
Andrey Vul wrote: > What's the /etc/apt/sources.list link for it? > I'm running in 64bit mode, if that changes anything. According to http://packages.ubuntu.com/ it should be available in the "universe". However it looks like it is only for i386 and ppc. > (Unless Wine needs to be compiled, then even [wine-src]/configure > --force (or something of that nature) won't work) Wine has nothing to do with it, it is a native linux app. > The libstdc++ error is when I try to run the vnc_E4_1_9 viewer (I'm > doing ssh in windows and ultravnc has _external_ dll-based encryption) I thought you said you were using RealVNC 4.1? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: libstd++...
Andrey Vul wrote: > Does anyone know of an APT repository for VNC? Ubuntu has only VNC 3.3 > (my VNC server is 4.1) IIRC Ubuntu ships it as vnc4server. I think the viewer also has 4 in the name. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Java connection timeout
Jimmy E. Kongskov - DATAJEK wrote: > Hello! > > > I'm trying to access my home computer from my work computer. Because of > our firewall I can't use the "normal" VNC client to do this, so I'm trying > to use the HTTP Java instead. My normal VNC accepts connections on port > 5904 > and I've set the Java to port 80 bacause it's the only one that's open. The java client uses no different network communication than the "normal" client. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Exporting a non-graphical interfase environment on UNIX?
Miguel wrote: [snip] > The reason for using VNC and not SSH is that I need to monitor some > server tasks running on the server, thus avoiding a second factor of > potential process failure such as network is. man screen -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: vnc vs freeNX
JCA wrote: >> Over very slow lines such as those, you'll want to enable "Pointer >> rate-limiting" in VNC Viewer. Without this, the channel from server to >> viewer can get saturated with TCP acknowledgements, preventing updates > from >> getting through. > > How does one set that? I am running 4.1.1 and the vncviewer program does > not offer that option. Also, when I bring up a VNC desktop, on pressing the > F8 key I get a menu which > does not contain such an option. It's under the inputs tab. See the screen shot at: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/winvncviewer.html#Input -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: use of TCP wrappers with VNC Enterprise Edition?
Mike Miller wrote: [snip] > block > all VNC connections except from localhost This portion can be achieved by using the "-localhost" switch. "-localhost Only allow connections from the same machine. Useful if you use SSH and want to stop non-SSH connections from any other hosts. See the guide to using VNC with SSH on the web site." http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/man/Xvnc.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Netiquette request to all
Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: > Jim C. Brown napisal(a): > >> BTW, Jaroslaw, it appears that you are using the ELM mailer. In which >> case, you can just press 'g' instead of 'r' in order to send the reply >> to this mailing list. (That's what the reply-to-group command is for.) >> > > Yes, but this sends the reply *both* to the original poster *and* to the > list. I was under the impression that it was a reply-to-list command. It sounds like it is instead a reply-to-all command. One of the reasons I don't use Thunderbird for lists is because of the missing reply-to-list function. I guess I wouldn't use ELM either. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Netiquette request to all
Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: [snip] > Is it possible to > change the configuration of the mail server serving the list to include > "Reply-To:" header with a list address? This discussion too is over. Check the archives. [snip] > I have to manually change the "To:" address every time I reply... >From what I've seen, ELM supports the "group reply" function that should send mail back to the list. Try hitting "g" to reply instead of "r". -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Cannot Get Connection -- Could a firewall be blocking it?
John Aldrich wrote: [snip] > Hal, can anyone ELSE connect to your listening viewer? I'm wondering if > you need to also have the standard ports open. Listening viewers only need a single port (the 5500 port by default). -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Can we 'ignore' the actions on a server touchscreen?
Julie Charlotte Martin-Malivel wrote: [snip] > Is there a way to block the actions on the server, so that the > touchscreen is ignored? [snip] What OS are you using? In WinVNC there is a server option "Disable local inputs while server is in use". IIRC it only works on NT based versions (WinNT/2000/XP/2003). -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Doing secure tunneling in the VNC free edition
John Favaro wrote: > The discussion on being hacked during VNC sessions and solving it with > secure tunneling prompted me to try to find out how to do it (with the > free version). I'm using Windows XP. I couldn't really figure it out. I > could only find OpenSSH, which is Unix, OpenSSH can be used on Microsoft platforms via Cygwin. Some googling will turn up links[1]. If you don't need the full Cygwin environment, something like copSSH[2] is probably what you want. > and there is Putty, which is > Windows but I > couldn't understand whether and how that is used in VNC. PuTTY is an SSH client. You can using it to connect to the SSH server and create your tunnels[3]. > I wasn't able to > find a how-to guide in the VNC documentation It's there[4]. > Is there somebody here who has actually done it in this context and can > give me a list of steps to do? Thanks for any guidance here. Another option you might want to look at is a more Microsoft centric tunnel.Zebedee[5] even uses VNC as an example. Stunnel[6] is also pretty simple. [1] - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=windows+openssh+server [2] - http://itefix.no/copssh [3] - http://home.highertech.net/~john/Putty-Tunnel/putty-tunnel.html [4] - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/DTG/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html [5] - http://www.winton.org.uk/zebedee/ [6] - http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1677 -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Netiquette request to all
John Aldrich wrote: > Jaroslaw: > Actually, Microsoft makes it VERY difficult to do "netiquette-compliant" > replies by not marking the quoted material as quoted the way most other > mail clients do it. Tools -> Options -> E-mail Options. There you will find the "On replies and forwards" section that allows you to control how quoting is done. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC Server Behind the NAT
Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: > sanjay vyas napisal(a): >> Can anyone tell me how to connect VNC Server Behind the NAT >> > > To the people at VNC: shouldn't you put this into the FAQ at your site? > People keep asking this question over and over again... Thanks for proving the point that no one reads the FAQ. How do I use VNC through my NAT router? http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#natrouter -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Stopping RealVNC
Hal Vaughan wrote: > Is it possible to stop a RealVNC server on Linux from the command line, > or any other way without "kill -9 $(pidof vncserver)" ? man vncserver "-kill :display# This kills a VNC desktop previously started with vncserver." > And is it > possible to stop a running server on Windows from the console as well? winvnc4 --help " -stop - Stop the WinVNC server system service." -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Timed Out Error when connecting via Java Client
John Aldrich wrote: >> From the outside world, you launch your browser and put like >> > "http://my.public.ip.address::5800"; I think... One colon only. http://my.public.ip.address:5800 -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Timed Out Error when connecting via Java Client
Neil D. wrote: > Ya, thanks. I found that out like 5 minutes before I got this email. Do > you know how I would connect to my machine from outside my router? I have > opened up ports 5800 and 5900 on my router to the outside world, and > configured an application trigger port thing on my router also. Depending on the router's definition of "trigger port" you don't need that. > I just > can't figure out the correct IP address string to enter into my browser. The internet IP of the router. In other words, the IP you get when you go to http://gotomyvnc.com from the VNC server machine. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Timed Out Error when connecting via Java Client
Neil D. wrote: [snip] > I have left > Port 5800 open on my server Open Port 5900, so that the java client can talk to the VNC server. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Disconnects with 4.1
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > At 11:26 AM 12/7/05 -, James Weatherall wrote: > >> This suggests that the Access Control entries in the VNC Server >> Properties >> ->Connections tab is empty. This would certainly cause the disconnect >> behaviour you're seeing. > > Thanks for the suggestion, but this was already in place as the IP range > "+192.168.244.0/192.168.244.255" (my home LAN, which is DHCP). There are > no other entries (I deleted the empty + sign at the top). Is that the > correct syntax for the IP range (without the quotes)? No, because the second number is supposed to be the subnet mask. Yours should be "+192.168.244.0/255.255.255.0". -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Listening viewer over an SSH tunnel
Rauf Dean wrote: > Hi, > > > I am trying to set up a system for supporting a client who has a > firewall that wil not accept incoming connections. > > So, from one of the client's pc's I set up an SSH tunnel back to my home > Linux server. I can VNC now from the client pc to a windows box on my > home network using "localhost" as the destination IP address. However I > need to go the other way... > > The same client PC is also running a VNC server, so I run a listening > viewer on the same windows box on my home network. I choose "Add new > client" on the client pc and add "localhost" as the address, and... > nothing happens on my home PC. Do you have the correct port forwarding for the listening viewer port (starting at 5500)? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Loading configuration file (was: Session without typing password?)
Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote: >> That's interesting. I experienced that once also, but I figured out >> that .vnc was registered to my UltraVNC vncviewer.exe and not the RealVNC >> version 4 viewer.exe. Try right-clicking the .vnc file that you created >> and choose top "Open With". Browse for the vncviewer.exe that exists >> with the version 4 of the server and tell it to open with that. > > I have in that directory two files. One is tightvncviewer.exe, and with > this I get the aforementioned error message. The other one is > vncviewer.exe, and with it I get a different error message: "unable to > resolve host by name". Verify that the VNCviewer.exe is the version 4 vncviewer. Also verify that it is using the correct command line. See the archive link below for details. http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-February/049209.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Can't Connect
chris downs wrote: > On the server, I can telnet IP 5900 and the telnet > window opens with the RFB prompt. My DSL model is Siemens speedstream 4100 > ethernet ADSL modem. On the server, go to Start -> Run and run winipcfg . Look at the numbers for the Default Gateway. If it starts with 192.168, your Modem is most likely configured as a NAT router. If it is you need to configure it to forward the VNC ports to your server. You can get the manual for your 4100 in the "Siemens CPE Knowledge Base" link on the page below: http://subscriber.communications.siemens.com/subscriber_networks/support.shtml -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Connecting on multiple displays, e.g. 0, 1, 2 (Windows)
transparent wrote: > What I can't figure out is if it's supposed to be possible to connect > to the three different displays (0,1,2 on ports 5900,5901,5902) separately > from either the same computer or different computers. You can't. I guess the specific wording from the older versions isn't in the newer docs: http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/3.3.7/winvnc.html "VNC does not make a Windows machine into a multi-user server in the same way that Citrix-based software or Windows Terminal Server, for example, does. A single Windows machine can therefore be accessed by multiple users, but if they all connect at the same time they will all see the same desktop! " -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Setting diff. passwords for vncserver/s owned by a single user
Vipul Patel wrote: > 1.Is this possible? Following the documentation and using > vncpasswd, changes the password for all the vncservers owned by the > vncuser. You can use the "passwordFile=" parameter to change what password file the VNC looks at, however... > 2.Is there any other way to handle this? As I will have to > manage these servers, I want to reduce the maintenance on managing these > servers and thus want to create a single user on Linux. It will be completely worthless from a security standpoint, because any VNC user can change any other VNC users password file if they are all the same Linux user. It would be much better (and less work) if you just use the security already available and use different Linux users. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: What on Earth is Session Zero?
John Aldrich wrote: > Yep. You got it... IP:0 is "session zero" ie. IP::5900. You don't have to > type IP:5900 as port 5900 is the default. Not in the context that started this thread. "Session Zero" is Microsoft's way of describing the first Terminal Server session. Since Fast-User Switching and Remote Desktop tie into the Terminal Server hooks, the terminology carried over. >From a VNC point of view, IP:0 is "Display 0". -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: What on Earth is Session Zero?
Please send replies to the list. Stephen wrote: >>> Inbound Services >>> # Enable Service Name Action LAN Server IP address WAN Users Log >>> 1 Yes Any(ALL) ALLOW always 192.168.0.2 Any Always >>> 2 Yes Any(ALL) ALLOW always 192.168.0.3 Any Always >>> Default Yes Any BLOCK always Any Any Never >>> >> >> What brand and model of router? > Netgear DG834GT Thanks. According to the Netgear manual, you should be creating new services to forward specific ports from the internet to your internal machine. Take a look at about page 5-12 for more information. >> Without more information, I would say your problem is that you are >> trying to forward all the ports to two machines, so your router is >> ignoring the second machine. > > I wasn't aware of this. I run Windows Media Encoder on both machines (not > at the same time). This includes Windows Media Server, and remote > connections from Windows Media Player are accepted by either machine. The > router does not ignore the second machine in this case, nor for any > applications running on it, like Internet Explorer or Winamp. Internet Explorer and Winamp don't provide services to the Internet, so they wouldn't have an issue. > I will try swapping the ethernet cables on the router and see what > happens. The ethernet cables have nothing to do with this. It is the order the firewall rules are applied. Your existing rules appear to forward every port from the internet to your 192.168.0.2 machine. This probably isn't desired. [snip] >> I see you have logging enabled, so why not look at the router log and >> see what it says about your attempts to connect to the WinXP machine. > > I looked at the log over the period when I was last refused a connection. > The log makes no mention of the XP machine's local address (192.168.0.3) > except for 2 entries "Administrator login successful - IP:192.168.0.3", > which must have been when I was looking at the router settings remotely > after the people at the other end had done an "Add New Client" for me. > All > the other log entries are for the Windows ME machine which I can initiate > a Real VNC connection with, 192.168.0.2, even though I was not trying to > use it at the time. This would appear to confirm that your router is sending all ports to the WinME machine. Since your WinME machine isn't listening on port 5920, you get the Connection Refused error in the VNC viewer. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: What on Earth is Session Zero?
Stephen wrote: > The router is configured to allow everything inbound to both as > here: > > > Inbound Services > # Enable Service Name Action LAN Server IP address WAN Users Log > 1 Yes Any(ALL) ALLOW always 192.168.0.2 Any Always > 2 Yes Any(ALL) ALLOW always 192.168.0.3 Any Always > Default Yes Any BLOCK always Any Any Never What brand and model of router? Without more information, I would say your problem is that you are trying to forward all the ports to two machines, so your router is ignoring the second machine. I see you have logging enabled, so why not look at the router log and see what it says about your attempts to connect to the WinXP machine. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: vnc over ssh with non conventional ports
Fernando Sfeir wrote: > Hi, i have a little question and try to find information but (aparently) > none functions for me. > > Normally, invoke vncviewer like this: > vncviewer -via GATEWAY -bgr233 COMPUTER:0 > > But, in a particular server, i got some restrictions, (only have a few > port redirections, 4-40005). How i can invoke vncviewer to tell it the > port of the conection of ssh (something like the "-p" in ssh). It looks like you are using TightVNC (since you have the -via option). Look at the "ENVIRONMENT" section of the man page. http://tightvnc.org/vncviewer.1.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Weird XP disconnect problem
Phil Smith III wrote: [snip] XP machine (it has Fast User Switching enabled)[snip] http://www.realvnc.com/troubleshooting.html "VNC will work with Windows XP provided that Fast User Switching and Remote Administration are not used." -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Dlink DI-624+ and VNC problems
Simen Lxland wrote: [snip] > For #2 I have port forwarded public port 5902 to private port 5900, > and public port 5802 to private port 5800. I can't connect to this machine, > get an connection timeout in the VNC-viewer. On #2 VNC server I use Accept > connetions on port 5902. Your router is trying to talk to #2 on port 5900 (the private port), but you have changed VNC to listen for connections on 5902. Either change your VNC to listen on 5900, or change your private port to 5902. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC 4.1.1 Fullscreen exit?
Dixon, David wrote: > Greetings, > > > I've just downloaded VNC 4.1.1 for evaluation. We've used VNC 3.3.6 > for quite a while and are generally familiar with operations. I'm having > trouble with 4.1.1 exiting Fullscreen mode. [snip] > What am I overlooking? The F8 menu. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: vnc initial scrreen refresh connection timeout
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While I'm dreaming, I have another feature that would be great. I'd like > to have the server prompt the local user to allow the connection. If the > user does not respond after a server-configured timout, then allow the > connection to proceed. Use the "Prompt local user to accept connections" option combined with the "Only prompt when there is a user logged on" option. Have the user log out when they are going on a break. If the user isn't logged out yet, they get the option, if they are logged out, the connection continues. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Message for VNC team due to absence of contact info.
Alex Pelts wrote: > Now I am trying to purchase the enteprise version of the software for > one feature - mirror screen driver. I have tried ultra vnc with it's mirror > driver and the difference is remarkable. UltraVNC is not a product of RealVNC Ltd. > So I downloaded trial edition of > the enterprise version but there is no mirror driver. http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/win.html "Coming Soon VNC Enterprise Edition for Windows will continue to be improved. Upcoming features include: * VNC Mirror Driver Support, providing a more reliable, efficient and faster experience." -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: VNC4.1.1 for Fedora
John Aldrich wrote: > What do I need to update in order to get my Fully-updated Fedora Core 3 > box to let me install VNC-server 4.1.1? What in the build-environment is > causing me to get a failed prerequisite of libstdc++.so.6? Where did you get the vnc-server RPM? Was it built for FC3 or another distro? > I'd be happy if I could install your pre-compiled binary, as otherwise, > I'm > going to have to go get the source for XOrg and a few other things just to > build a binary RPM so I can install vnc-server 4.1.1 on my Core 3 box. That is not the RealVNC binary RPM. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: www.GoToMyVNC.com and non-standard ports?
Business wrote: > If I understand it correctly, this scans ports 5800-5809 & 5900-5909. Is > that correct? If so, is there any way to get it to check non-standard > ports? > telnet server port If you get a response something like "RFB 003.008" your VNC server is listening for connections. The HTTP server ports can be tested using a web browser. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Cannot connect
Aaron Hill wrote: > New to VNC and new to networking in general but like most everything, I > jump right in. I have VNC Server set up in service mode on my home PC > (XP). > Every attempt to connect to my server PC from an outside internet > connection has been blocked. I can connect to other PCs with the viewer > and I can remotely access my PC with my laptop when it is connected to the > LAN. Port > 5900 is wide open and can be sniffed by gotomyvnc.com. When trying to connect with the viewer, are you using the same IP that gotomyvnc.com displays? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Question re: remote re-start
Han Soh wrote: > As opposed to what? I'm not sure what you're asking. > > > Are you talking about service-mode vs. user-mode? Yes. > Whenever I re-boot and sign-in, VNC server is running automatically (i.e, > upon start-up). I'm not sure, however, if it is running "as a service". You can look at the list of services in the control panel and see if it is listed and running. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Question re: remote re-start
Han Soh wrote: > Tech Support said that I can restart a machine remotely and have control > over the computer when it re-boots. > > I've tried and I can't do it. > > It's probably because VNC Server is not running prior to signing in past > the Windows Logon screen. Is this a correct assumption? Are you running WinVNC4 as a service? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Port for voice
DocW wrote: > TeamTalk uses ports 10300 and 10301. Is it possible to configure the > DI-604 > to allow using these ports ? And if so how ? Probably. What does this have to do with VNC? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: requesting vnc server source code
Elie Saleh wrote: > hello i am emailing in request of the vnc server source code in java. I > couldn't find the code anywhere on the net. You didn't look too hard. It is available on the realvnc.com download page. To quote: http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi "VNC Free Edition Source Code for Java Version 4.1 Full source code to both Viewer and Server" -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Xvnc via xinetd and vncconfig
Alan A. Dunwell wrote: [snip] > I am running Xvnc via xinetd.d on RHEL3.x and would like to auto-start > vncconfig when any vncviewer connects to the port. What desktop environment are you running? I would think the easiest solution would be have the session manager (or equivalent) start it with the desktop session. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: JAVA/Browser access to Linux via xinetd?
Alan A. Dunwell wrote: > Howdy VNC Folks, > > > I'm still having some trouble with this process. I examined the options > for Xvnc with xvnc --help and saw two options that should work for trying to > get the java applet running with xinetd Part of your problem will be that xinetd only creates the Xvnc process in response to a connection. Therefore you would have to connect to the RFB port first, then the HTTP port. Again, I suggest using a seperate web server. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Remote Connection
Please send replies to the list. Brennan Ujcich wrote: > I have forwarded port 5900. When I type in my ip:5902 It says RFB > 003.008. That means the RFB server is listening. Now you should be able to open up the Java viewer (as you did before) and point it to display :2. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Remote Connection
Brennan Ujcich wrote: > I recently downloaded Real VNC. I am currently trying to figure out > how to connect to my computer from outside my network. I have enabled port > forwarding from 5802 to computers ip:5800. When I go to computers ip:5802 > I go to the client download page. Then a box comes up asking > for a server. It fills in the ip and port automatically so I click ok. It > says connection refused. What am I doing wrong? You must open the port for RFB communication (which is by default 5900). Also note that since you are changing the port in your forwarding, you will have to pay attention that the Java viewer is looking at the right port for RFB (because it will not be right by default). -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: JAVA/Browser access to Linus via xinetd?
Alan A. Dunwell wrote: > Howdy List Folks, > > > I'm running a RHEL3.x linux box and routing the Xvnc through xinetd, > RedHat's version of inetd. This all works well for access with a VNC > viewer. I have been unable to discover any process for defining a similar > setup that will allow access from any browser using the JAVA script > plugin. The java viewer is just an applet. Set up an http server to serve the applet. You can use the web page served by the VNC HTTP server as a guide. I would guess that you would at least want to change the port. If you are using the Red Hat provided VNC package, all the stuff you need should be in /usr/share/vnc/classes. -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
