RE: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes
-Original Message- From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.co m] On Behalf Of Rob Newman Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:13 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25,need to attach Perl script to this when it executes Hi there VNC gurus, [snip] So I have a fully fledged working desktop on localhost:25. Now to what I really want to do I have a Perl script that I normally run from the X11 command line. This outputs much information, then opens up three Ghostscript windows, creates some postscript image files, then converts them to pdf files using the Ghostscript command ps2pdf. I need this script to run via cron without me being logged in, hence why I thought Xvnc would be solution. However, I cannot seem to figure [snip] Does anyone have advice for a newbie? I am stuck. Thanks in advance. - Rob Rob: Why not just copy the file to the system from which U're running vncviewer and run your perl script and gs there? The data being exchanged between the viewer and the server is RFB protocol, not PostScript or PDF ... unless U *want* to perl the RFB data, of course. Thx, Phil Long Goss ... Innovation for Business NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential and proprietary information of Goss International Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and may be legally privileged. This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, dissemination, copying or other use of this e-mail or any of its content is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately and destroy the e-mail and any copies. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. No contract may be construed by this e-mail. ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question: vncserver running on port :25, need to attach Perl script to this when it executes
Hi Phil,
Thanks so much for the reply, however I think I didn't explain my
problem clearly. The script is already on the same server, I just need
the Perl script to attach to a display port (localhost:25 in this
case) when it is run nightly via cron, as the script creates images
that need an X window to process in. The point of me showing I can
successfully attach to the port via vncviewer was purely to
demonstrate that I have everything related to VNC working in a stable
environment.
After trawling the VNC mailing list archives all day yesterday I saw a
couple of threads about Xvfb - which might be all I need. However, I
cannot pass my Perl script a display argument, so I need to somehow
force the script to use the localhost:25 port. Hence why I had been
attempting to export the DISPLAY variable in my wrapper script
(attached again below).
hostname{user}1% cat mywrapper.sh
#!/bin/sh
DISPLAY=localhost:25.0
export DISPLAY
/path/to/myperlscript.pl -args
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
export DISPLAY
However, it is still not working.
Best regards,
- Rob
Rob:
Why not just copy the file to the system from which U're running
vncviewer and run your perl script and gs there? The data being
exchanged between the viewer and the server is RFB protocol, not
PostScript or PDF ... unless U *want* to perl the RFB data, of
course.
Thx, Phil Long
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RE: Newbie question - new install vs upgrade
Hi Paul, You can upgrade over an active 4.1.1 installation. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Bickley Sent: 07 June 2006 02:18 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newbie question - new install vs upgrade To resolve the security vulnerability with 4.1.1 should I unistall it and reinstall with 4.1.2 or will an upgrade over 4.1.1 fix it? _ Be quick, these Dell end of financial year deals cant last! http://clk.atdmt.com/OMA/go/dau010064oma/direct/01/ ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
Arthur Simpatico napisal(a): This is a MUCH asked question here. Try starting here http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html since all of your questions can be answered there. (in response to:) I have a fixed IP address for my broadband connection and connect via a Belkin wireless router (although the PC in question is directly connected on the wired network). The server tab on the PC in question shows the internal network IP address of the computer. And the particular thing you should look for in the FAQ is called port forwarding. Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Spam, wirusy, spyware... masz do6f? Jest alternatywa! http://www.firefox.pl/ --- http://www.thunderbird.pl/ Szybciej. #atwiej. Bezpieczniej. Internet tak jak lubisz. ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Armstrong wrote: Hi Just subscribed so sorry if this is a stupid often asked question but I've been using VNC successfully for a while communicating across my local network computers (I have peer to peer) and for communicating with a remote system via a standard modem. Now I want to allow a mate to access my PC via our broadband connections. I have a fixed IP address for my broadband connection and connect via a Belkin wireless router (although the PC in question is directly connected on the wired network). The server tab on the PC in question shows the internal network IP address of the computer. Questions are. 1. can I do this with VNC (got the free version 4.1.1 right now)? 2. How do I set it up? 3. How secure is it? Richard 3. Use SSH/OpenVPN or use UltraVNC or pay for realvnc personal/pro (radmin good for windoze _only_) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEXS8kK8cDeP0eQQQRAqbaAKCfv7XqESIDBB7GM36YCOKLp0WMhACfWqsP Qy6Ungy6xBavVKS//1M9Rjk= =mWHS -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie question
Richard, This is a MUCH asked question here. Try starting here http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html since all of your questions can be answered there. Cheers I've stopped 58,942 spam and fraud messages. You can too! Free trial of spam and fraud protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/sig/?rc=f9r9z -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Armstrong Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 5:42 PM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newbie question Hi Just subscribed so sorry if this is a stupid often asked question but I've been using VNC successfully for a while communicating across my local network computers (I have peer to peer) and for communicating with a remote system via a standard modem. Now I want to allow a mate to access my PC via our broadband connections. I have a fixed IP address for my broadband connection and connect via a Belkin wireless router (although the PC in question is directly connected on the wired network). The server tab on the PC in question shows the internal network IP address of the computer. Questions are. 1. can I do this with VNC (got the free version 4.1.1 right now)? 2. How do I set it up? 3. How secure is it? Richard ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Scott, Configuring a router normally involves creating a port-forward for port 5900 to the computer's local IP address. The interfaces provided for setting this up on most routers are incredibly trivial. Is there some other factor that you think makes it difficult? Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Scott C. Best [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 April 2005 17:46 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie question Wez: Heya. I need to politely disagree: if Scott's wife was on a network behind an unconfigured firewall/router, your suggestion doesn't fully address his needs -- if she were using a dialup modem only, of course it would. But if not, then the unknown firewall/router issue is a much more substantial hurdle (IMO) that VNC Personal Edition doesn't yet address. cheers, Scott The simplest approach would be to use VNC Personal Edition (USD30, from http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal) at both ends (for encryption) and then to use a dynamic DNS service, such as no-ip.com, to assign a permanent friendly name to her computer - they provide an application that then keeps that name up to date with the current IP address of the machine. snip ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Wez: I agree: if the end-user has administrative access to their router, setting up a port-forward is pretty easy, and getting easier (Pure Network's PortMagic tool skips the whole router UI altogether). Combining that with a dynamic-DNS client is a good solution for many situations. However...when the target VNC server is online via a broadband connection at a hotel, airport, Starbucks, customer's site, etc., configuring the port-forwarding is a non-starter. In such cases, I think a relay-sever approach like EchoVNC's is the easiest solution. All of the Internet traffic appears to be outgoing, so no router configuration is needed, and the relay-server login names provide the same function as a dynamic-DNS client. cheers, Scott Configuring a router normally involves creating a port-forward for port 5900 to the computer's local IP address. The interfaces provided for setting this up on most routers are incredibly trivial. Is there some other factor that you think makes it difficult? Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: Scott C. Best [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 April 2005 17:46 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: newbie question Wez: Heya. I need to politely disagree: if Scott's wife was on a network behind an unconfigured firewall/router, your suggestion doesn't fully address his needs -- if she were using a dialup modem only, of course it would. But if not, then the unknown firewall/router issue is a much more substantial hurdle (IMO) that VNC Personal Edition doesn't yet address. snip ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Scott, The simplest approach would be to use VNC Personal Edition (USD30, from http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal) at both ends (for encryption) and then to use a dynamic DNS service, such as no-ip.com, to assign a permanent friendly name to her computer - they provide an application that then keeps that name up to date with the current IP address of the machine. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2005 15:38 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Dear List: I am a vnc newbie. Here's what I'd like to be able to do. My wife uses a laptop, most often at home, connected wirelessly to the internet at home. Occasionally she travels for business. I'd like to have vncserver just running all the time on her laptop, so that whenever I need to help her, on her windows xp home machine, I can launch vncviewer on my linux machine at work and help. I know that vnc works as i have had it working while at home between two networked computers. One was wirelessly connected, the other wired, to the same hub. When I connected there I was connecting to a discrete IP address of the machine running vncserver. This machine is behind a firewall. How do I set this all up so that 1) it is secure and 2) her laptop, which will be running vncserver, will bear a name and addressing that I can actually access across the internet? Scott -- [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: newbie question
Wez: Heya. I need to politely disagree: if Scott's wife was on a network behind an unconfigured firewall/router, your suggestion doesn't fully address his needs -- if she were using a dialup modem only, of course it would. But if not, then the unknown firewall/router issue is a much more substantial hurdle (IMO) that VNC Personal Edition doesn't yet address. cheers, Scott The simplest approach would be to use VNC Personal Edition (USD30, from http://www.realvnc.com/products/personal) at both ends (for encryption) and then to use a dynamic DNS service, such as no-ip.com, to assign a permanent friendly name to her computer - they provide an application that then keeps that name up to date with the current IP address of the machine. snip ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Easiest way is to 1) Use something that has encryption built-in, such as Zebedee (includes a VNC-based app, but also encryption) or the Enterprise version of RealVNC. 2) Set up some sort of Dynamic DNS account (dyndns.org, ZoneEdit if you have your own domain name, or one of the other dynamic DNS providers) and run their updater app all the time so you don't have to know the IP address, just a machine name, i.e. mypc.dyndns.org or something like that. Google for dynamic dns and you'll probably come up with at least a dozen or so hits. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:38 AM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Dear List: I am a vnc newbie. Here's what I'd like to be able to do. My wife uses a laptop, most often at home, connected wirelessly to the internet at home. Occasionally she travels for business. I'd like to have vncserver just running all the time on her laptop, so that whenever I need to help her, on her windows xp home machine, I can launch vncviewer on my linux machine at work and help. I know that vnc works as i have had it working while at home between two networked computers. One was wirelessly connected, the other wired, to the same hub. When I connected there I was connecting to a discrete IP address of the machine running vncserver. This machine is behind a firewall. How do I set this all up so that 1) it is secure and 2) her laptop, which will be running vncserver, will bear a name and addressing that I can actually access across the internet? Scott -- [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc] ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Most likely however, you will not have access to her machine as the ports required for VNC will be blocked bye the local firewall and there will be no PAT for her specific IP. Jmb. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:16 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: newbie question Easiest way is to 1) Use something that has encryption built-in, such as Zebedee (includes a VNC-based app, but also encryption) or the Enterprise version of RealVNC. 2) Set up some sort of Dynamic DNS account (dyndns.org, ZoneEdit if you have your own domain name, or one of the other dynamic DNS providers) and run their updater app all the time so you don't have to know the IP address, just a machine name, i.e. mypc.dyndns.org or something like that. Google for dynamic dns and you'll probably come up with at least a dozen or so hits. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:38 AM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Dear List: I am a vnc newbie. Here's what I'd like to be able to do. My wife uses a laptop, most often at home, connected wirelessly to the internet at home. Occasionally she travels for business. I'd like to have vncserver just running all the time on her laptop, so that whenever I need to help her, on her windows xp home machine, I can launch vncviewer on my linux machine at work and help. I know that vnc works as i have had it working while at home between two networked computers. One was wirelessly connected, the other wired, to the same hub. When I connected there I was connecting to a discrete IP address of the machine running vncserver. This machine is behind a firewall. How do I set this all up so that 1) it is secure and 2) her laptop, which will be running vncserver, will bear a name and addressing that I can actually access across the internet? Scott -- ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: newbie question
Scott: Heya. There are two good and easy solutions I know of which are built upon VNC components: 1. First is UltraVNC SC: www.ultravnc.com. With it, your wife would startup the server, and it would be pre-configured to connect back just to you, where a VNC Viewer in Listner Mode is awaiting it. Uses RC4 for data-channel encryption, and I've heard good things about it. Only downside is that your wife would have to initiate all of the remote-control sessions; you wouldn't be able to connect whenever you wanted (ah, marriage...) 2. Second is EchoVNC: www.echovnc.com. With it, you run a relay server at a fixed location (ie, static-IP, or dynamic-DNS) and the EchoVNC agent automatically makes a connection to the relay server when it's started. You can then connect to the VNC server on your wife's laptop, without her needing to know her IP address, and without her needing to make any firewall adjustments. Works with any flavor of VNC you already have installed. I'm the coordinator behind the EchoVNC project, so I've heard good things about that project too. :) Hope that helps! -Scott I am a vnc newbie. Here's what I'd like to be able to do. My wife uses a laptop, most often at home, connected wirelessly to the internet at home. Occasionally she travels for business. I'd like to have vncserver just running all the time on her laptop, so that whenever I need to help her, on her windows xp home machine, I can launch vncviewer on my linux machine at work and help. I know that vnc works as i have had it working while at home between two networked computers. One was wirelessly connected, the other wired, to the same hub. When I connected there I was connecting to a discrete IP address of the machine running vncserver. This machine is behind a firewall. How do I set this all up so that 1) it is secure and 2) her laptop, which will be running vncserver, will bear a name and addressing that I can actually access across the internet? ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question: how to use VNC on machine behind firewall
There are a couple ways to do this 1. use a third party tunnel (e.g. kaboodle) 2. try Hamachi (which is a peer-to-peer networking app (think kazaa for networking) (am I gonna get list smackdon for mentioning this ;) 3. If you control the firewall on the viewer side, or the viewer side does not have a firewall: a. You can reverse connect (Add new client) from the server to a listening client. (can't remember that port though...) b.You can set up tunnel software on the viewer side (SSH or VPN) If you cant control either firewall you need to use 1 or 2 If you control the firewall on one end then 3a or 3b will work with 3a being much easier. Let me know if you need more assistance. --Angelo On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:58:05 -0800 (PST), Agoston Bejs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, yes I read the FAQ about how to do it, but what I would like to do is a little bit more complicated. I would like to ask if it is possible to reach a computer behind a firewall the IP address of which is invisible where I haven't got the opportunity to change anything in the firewall. So what I've been thinking of is to reach the computer by some other means than by its IP address, so that I don't need to go through the firewall at all. (Like e.g. ICQ or Kazaa, which identify themselves to their central servers somehow even if you're behind a firewall.) I'm not an expert on this case, so a thorough discussion on this (or a link to some) would do me good. Thanks, Agoston __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie question: how to use VNC on machine behind firewall
You could have them connect to you... using the add new client option if you can speak to someone on the other side of the firewall. John -Original Message- From: Agoston Bejs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 5:58 AM To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Newbie question: how to use VNC on machine behind firewall Hello, yes I read the FAQ about how to do it, but what I would like to do is a little bit more complicated. I would like to ask if it is possible to reach a computer behind a firewall the IP address of which is invisible where I haven't got the opportunity to change anything in the firewall. So what I've been thinking of is to reach the computer by some other means than by its IP address, so that I don't need to go through the firewall at all. (Like e.g. ICQ or Kazaa, which identify themselves to their central servers somehow even if you're behind a firewall.) I'm not an expert on this case, so a thorough discussion on this (or a link to some) would do me good. Thanks, Agoston __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect
Angelo, Thanks for the response 1. Do you have a router or firewall between your computer and the modem? I have a wireless router, but not a firewall. 2. Are you running windows xp servie pack 2 with the internet firewall enabled? I don't believe so. How could I check for sure? 3. Do you have a virus protection program that has a firewall (sometimes also called worm protection) No, nothing like that is turned on right now. Thanks for any more ideas, John __ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect
In your router you need to forward the vnc port. A router can allow many computers to share the same internet connection, when you initiate the traffic from 'inside' the lan the router knows that any responses (e.g. a web page) goes back to the computer that sent it. But what happens when something from 'outside' starts the connection the router gets it and says which computer do I send this to? Thats what a port forward does. You need to port forward Port 5900 TCP from outside to your computer's inside IP address 192.x.x.x (try ipconfig)j Angelo, thanks for very much for the info. I got port forwarding set up, but for some reason my friend still cannot connect. I have port 5900 forwarded to 192.168.0.2, which is the same port listed for http traffic. I also tried 0.1 and 0.3, but neither worked. I think I'm missing some very simple step. Thanks for any more help, John __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
Kevin, If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.3 will do this for you, if you wish). Are you sure that you have the correct address for your LAN's firewall? Is it pingable? Error 10060 means that there was absolutely no response at all from the target machine, which is consistent with a firewall being in place, with the computer not existing, or with the address being wrong (and pointing to a machine that doesn't exist...) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Duffy Sent: 26 January 2005 03:00 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Hello: I am attempting the connect to a Windows machine running the VNC Enterprise server. To do this I did the following: On the firewall of the LAN for the VNC Enterprise server forward port 5900 to the server machine. On the remote machine download VNC Enterprise Viewer. Run the viewer and enter the IP address of the firewall (ie xxx.xxx.xxx.97:0) colon zero because we are connecting to a Windows machine. This should work. True? I get Attempting to connect to host for several seconds and then Error unable to connect to host:Connection timed out (10060) Your assistance to greatly appreciated. Kevin Duffy ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question
James: Thanks for you reply. I double checked as follows: Yes the server machine is an XP box, but it has an exception for VNC Server and viewer. And there is a machine on the LAN that can connect to the VNC server, no problem. Behind this firewall there is also a Linux machine with SSH running. I can connect to the Linux box via SSH. This proves that I have the correct external IP address and that I know how to forward ports on the forewall. I double checked that the address I am forwarding the port to is correct KD -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:35 AM To: Kevin Duffy; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: newbie question Kevin, If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.3 will do this for you, if you wish). Are you sure that you have the correct address for your LAN's firewall? Is it pingable? Error 10060 means that there was absolutely no response at all from the target machine, which is consistent with a firewall being in place, with the computer not existing, or with the address being wrong (and pointing to a machine that doesn't exist...) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Duffy Sent: 26 January 2005 03:00 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Hello: I am attempting the connect to a Windows machine running the VNC Enterprise server. To do this I did the following: On the firewall of the LAN for the VNC Enterprise server forward port 5900 to the server machine. On the remote machine download VNC Enterprise Viewer. Run the viewer and enter the IP address of the firewall (ie xxx.xxx.xxx.97:0) colon zero because we are connecting to a Windows machine. This should work. True? I get Attempting to connect to host for several seconds and then Error unable to connect to host:Connection timed out (10060) Your assistance to greatly appreciated. Kevin Duffy ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: newbie question
The way you describe it should work just fine. I do the same thing. From a remote machine you should try telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.97 5900 and see if it connects at all. If not, the odds point to some issue with the firewall rule... Kevin Duffy wrote: James: Thanks for you reply. I double checked as follows: Yes the server machine is an XP box, but it has an exception for VNC Server and viewer. And there is a machine on the LAN that can connect to the VNC server, no problem. Behind this firewall there is also a Linux machine with SSH running. I can connect to the Linux box via SSH. This proves that I have the correct external IP address and that I know how to forward ports on the forewall. I double checked that the address I am forwarding the port to is correct KD -Original Message- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:35 AM To: Kevin Duffy; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: RE: newbie question Kevin, If the Windows machine is running Windows XP SP2, you'll need to disable its firewall, or make VNC Server an Exception to it (VNC Enterprise Edition 4.1.3 will do this for you, if you wish). Are you sure that you have the correct address for your LAN's firewall? Is it pingable? Error 10060 means that there was absolutely no response at all from the target machine, which is consistent with a firewall being in place, with the computer not existing, or with the address being wrong (and pointing to a machine that doesn't exist...) Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Duffy Sent: 26 January 2005 03:00 To: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: newbie question Hello: I am attempting the connect to a Windows machine running the VNC Enterprise server. To do this I did the following: On the firewall of the LAN for the VNC Enterprise server forward port 5900 to the server machine. On the remote machine download VNC Enterprise Viewer. Run the viewer and enter the IP address of the firewall (ie xxx.xxx.xxx.97:0) colon zero because we are connecting to a Windows machine. This should work. True? I get Attempting to connect to host for several seconds and then Error unable to connect to host:Connection timed out (10060) Your assistance to greatly appreciated. Kevin Duffy ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie Question -- Clients Cannot Connect
A couple things, 1. Do you have a router or firewall between your computer and the modem? 2. Are you running windows xp servie pack 2 with the internet firewall enabled? 3. Do you have a virus protection program that has a firewall (sometimes also called worm protection) --Angelo On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:03:35 -0800 (PST), hotquietday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded and installed the client and server. I ran the server, setup the password, and successfully connected from my own computer (getting the echo effect). I then had a friend download the viewer and attempt to connect to the IP address listed in my task bar (which I read to him). He got a connection could not be established error. I also tried the ip address which shows up at www.whatismyip.com, but that didn't work either. What am I not doing? TIA, John - Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? Is there any place on your xp machine e.g. network neighborhood, etc where you can see the linux machines? --Angelo On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:18:20 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie question
I'm not that familiar with Windows XP, but maybe you can tell it to use DNS for lookups instead and run an in-house DNS server behind the firewall to handle this for you? John -Original Message- From: Arun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:18 PM To: Angelo Sarto Cc: vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Newbie question I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
I goto the linux machine and type ifconfig to determine the linux machine's ip. Get its ip and then use it everytime on vnc to connect to it. But i cant see the linux machine from xp. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? Is there any place on your xp machine e.g. network neighborhood, etc where you can see the linux machines? --Angelo On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:18:20 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
I physically goto the linux machine and lookup what the ip address is. All these machines sit besides me in the lab. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you find out the IP's of the linux machines? Is there any place on your xp machine e.g. network neighborhood, etc where you can see the linux machines? --Angelo On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:18:20 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
Arun wrote: I physically goto the linux machine and lookup what the ip address is. All these machines sit besides me in the lab. To get the IP Address of a linux box, open a xterm or something similar and try: ifconfig If that doesn't work try: . /sbin/ifconfig If that doesn't work then you most likely don't have privileges. I don't use *Nix GUI so I can't help you there. Zach ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
Your xp box most liekely does use dns, Im not even sure if you can disable it in 2000/XP. Anyways Here is one solution...(this should work) 1. Go to DynDNS.org and sign up for a free account. a. You need to pick a domain/host e.g. linuxbox1.dyndns.org b. You will need one of these for each box. 2. Download one of their unix/linux update client tools. 3. Install the tool on a linux box. 4. Configure the dns client to update the dns with it's PRIVATE IP address. IMPORTANT you need it to post it's LAN IP, I haven't done this with any of the linux tools but I will guess that it is possible in most of them, might even be the default? 5. On your vnc viewer type linuxbox1.dyndns.org Why it works - DNS Systems don't usually care if an IP is routable or not. Therefore, the linux client will send 192.168.x.x (or whatever) as its IP to the DNS server. When your vnc client looks up domain.dyndns.org and gets 192.168.x.x which it tries to access and, of course it can. It's easy to forget that dns is really way outside how normal networking works, it is truly it's own system, independant for networking and the Internet. Good Luck, Angelo On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:28:57 -0500, Zach Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arun wrote: I physically goto the linux machine and lookup what the ip address is. All these machines sit besides me in the lab. To get the IP Address of a linux box, open a xterm or something similar and try: ifconfig If that doesn't work try: . /sbin/ifconfig If that doesn't work then you most likely don't have privileges. I don't use *Nix GUI so I can't help you there. Zach ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
I dont have the choice of making them static. Iam not the admin. I dont run the dns server either. But everything is on one Lan. And you right. I can't ping computername from my xp box. --- Angelo Sarto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question
since they have dynamic IP's there is not a way for vnc to determine their IP from their name without dns. This has to do with the IP stack not necessarily vnc. e.g. ping computername form your xp box does not work either, I bet. If you are the one assigning dhcp to the clients you could make them static? or use dns registration with your clients (if you run the dns server). Maybe a little more info would be helpful? All on one lan? You are Lan admin? --Angelo On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:10:25 -0800 (PST), Arun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of linux clients. The linux clients run x0rfbserver.sh. All the linux clients have dynamic IP's. I use the vnc viewer on my windows xp machine to connect to these machnines. Everytime when i want to connect to these linux clients from the xp machine, i have to give the ip address. If i give the machine name, it doesn't connect.All the linux clients run samba server on 'em. The windows xp machine uses WINS and not dns. How do i tackle this situation ? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie question - windows startup
First, unregister VNC server service (and stop the service if necessary). Then, whenever you need to access his PC, tell him to click the icon reading Run VNC server. Be careful, server and service are different. This is a common mistake people always make. For more information, please consult the on-line doc and FAQ. -Message d'origine- De : Kath Pelletti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyi : mardi 1 juin 2004 07:00 @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Newbie question - windows startup Hi - I have just installed VNC for a client to allow me to access his PC (Win XP Pro on both client and server). But he does not want VNC to startup automatically - only when / as needed. I am happy to only use this when the client is logged on and at the PC - what do I change in the setup? (And I have searched the archives for details before posting this question). Many thanks in advance. Kath Pelletti Software Design Solutions Pty Ltd. Ph: 9505-6714 Fax: 9505-6430 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: newbie question from a non-tech person
Lauren: Heya. It sounds as the other PC's in your library simply already had VNC installed on them, by an administrator-level user. So installing VNC again as a non-administrator...it sounds like you got the right error messages. :) FWIW, there are many VNC-helper apps out there which are designed to make a non-tech person's VNC-life easier. For example, as an alternative to manually installing VNC on every PC in your LAN, you can use the venerable FastPush scripts (http://www.darkage.co.uk). With them, you can install VNC into a target PC across the network. The Kaboodle application (http://www.Kaboodle.org) can also do this, plus it will automatically detect if a PC has a VNC Server running already. There's a list of such helper apps here: http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/114.html Hope one or more of these help! -Scott Hope that qualified it enough that this sort of thing really isn't my expertise. Nonetheless, I have to install the VNC server on all of the Internet accessible computers in our library. I have the viewer installed on my computer with no problems but am having some problems installing the VNC server on the other computers. I have put vnc server in the startup folder. When I restart the computer I get two error messages: 1. Warning this machine has no default password set. Winvnc will present the default dialog now to allow one to be entered (If I click on this it tells me I do not have sufficient privileges to enter one as I am not logging in as administrator) and 2. Another session of Winvnc is already running. Meanwhile, after closing all of these error boxes, everything works fine - I am able to view the server computer from my computer with no problems. So how do I get rid of these error messages (or what am I doing wrong?) Thanks, Lauren Valdes ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: newbie question from a non-tech person
You may find it simplest just to remove VNC 3.3.7 and upgrade to VNC 4b4, which is generally faster and more stable. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valdes, Lauren E. Sent: 09 December 2003 19:26 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: newbie question from a non-tech person Hope that qualified it enough that this sort of thing really isn't my expertise. Nonetheless, I have to install the VNC server on all of the Internet accessible computers in our library. I have the viewer installed on my computer with no problems but am having some problems installing the VNC server on the other computers. [snip] ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN
On 11/25/2003 06:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My friends computer(s) (client) - connected to a router - connected to ADSL First, you would have to tell the router to forward the VNC port inward to his computer. Second, DON'T DO THAT! Instead, you want something with a bit more security than that! What I would recommend is installing some form of SSH server onto your friend's computer - either OpenSSH or PuTTY. Next, configure it to ONLY accept pubkey connections, and generate a keypair for yourself. Put the public key on your friend's computer, so that you can access it. I would also recommend putting the SSH server on a non-standard port, rather than the standard port. While a non-standard port is not a complete security plan in and of itself, it does prevent the skrip-kiddiez from finding it, thus raising the bar on the security. THEN, configure the router to forward that non-standard port inward to your friend's computer. THEN, you can use SSH's port forwarding to allow you to connect to his VNC session, as well as having a command line to use. While not as useful under Windows:(ver2000), for any *nix OS or for Win2K/WinXP a command line can do an awful lot of configuration without a lot of overhead. There are howto's on the 'net for setting up VNC and SSH. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN
Michael, The way you do this is that you (the would be controller) run the VNC Viewer in listening mode, the other people (the controlled) run the VNC Server and add clients. This means that the only IP address that needs to be known is yours. Note, your friends run the server, you run the client. Regards, Andrew Borland (UK) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie question about connecting across a WAN
If, a true vpn connection is created you should have an encrypted tunnel already. You will only need to know their IP address. Depending on the setup you will assign them an IP or they will assign themselves an IP. Which ever is needed will be apparent from the VPN configuration. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi - I hope someone can help. This is a newbie question, if the answer is obvious, please let me know. I intend to install VPN as a way of adminstering friends PCs remotely. My setup is My computer (running the VPN server) - connected to a ADSL Modem My friends computer(s) (client) - connected to a ADSL modem (or) My friends computer(s) (client) - connected to a router - connected to ADSL The question is - as the client PC is on a private network - the IP address they setup could be anything. How do I associate a public IP address for my client PC? How do I use my ADSL connection to connect to another PC using ADSL (or ISDN) - who do I contact to find or setup a public IP address. And how does this work when there are several PCs at the remote location? I would really apreciate any help on the matter. Many thanks Paul Middleton mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: newbie question
Michael, The way you do this is that you (the would be controller) run the VNC Viewer in listening mode, the other people (the controlled) run the VNC Server and add clients. Regards, Andrew Borland (UK) ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie Question for starting VNC Server on RH 7.3
Please send replies to the list. Greg Council said: Here are the results. Basically it looks like this server (with preinstalled linux looks like xfree isn't installed - correct? when I do a grep on the package, I get a couple of libraries but that's it. which xauth which: no xauth in (/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin) echo $PATH /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin rpm -q xfree86 package xfree86 is not installed Yep, it looks like XFree isn't installed. So your choices would be to either install it (and it's dependencies) or edit the /usr/bin/vncserver script to not look for xauth. Red Hat's package for VNC (vnc-server) says that XFree86 is a dependency (I know VNC uses some of the libraries, but exactly what I don't know), so you would probably be further ahead installing it. There recently was a bugfix/security update for RH 7.3's XFree, so definitely use up2date or grab the packages from updates.redhat.com: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: Newbie Question for starting VNC Server on RH 7.3
Greg Council said: Installed and try to run vncserver from command shell and get the following statement: vncserver: couldn't find xauth on your PATH. The vnc site says something about editing the perl script - ??? The default VNC script should be able to find xauth. What is the output of: $ which xauth $ echo $PATH $ rpm -q XFree86 Also what version of VNC are you using? -- William Hooper ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)
-Original Message- From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] The day you go into commercial mode, Corne, I'm going to start spelling your name with a Euro symbol... ;-) I will show a general commercial mode by signing with BEUREUR. CBee ;-) You're getting close. It's just that if I'm in the non-commercial mode, I tend to indicate commercial terms with commercial signs. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Re: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)
LOL! - Original Message - From: Beerse, Corni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 2002-06-10 02:25 Subject: RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question) -Original Message- From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] The day you go into commercial mode, Corne, I'm going to start spelling your name with a Euro symbol... ;-) I will show a general commercial mode by signing with BEUREUR. CBee ;-) You're getting close. It's just that if I'm in the non-commercial mode, I tend to indicate commercial terms with commercial signs. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question)
-Original Message- From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] LOL! Making fun outof commercial stuff is great fun! (I'm stuck with M$Office for mail handling ;-) For the real free guys out there, It shoul spell CentBEuroEuro. CBee ;-) - Original Message - From: Beerse, Corni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 2002-06-10 02:25 Subject: RE: ;-) (was: RE: Newbie question) -Original Message- From: Alex K. Angelopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] The day you go into commercial mode, Corne, I'm going to start spelling your name with a Euro symbol... ;-) I will show a general commercial mode by signing with BEUREUR. CBee ;-) You're getting close. It's just that if I'm in the non-commercial mode, I tend to indicate commercial terms with commercial signs. ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie Question
-Original Message- From: Sasha McLaughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I am trying to set up a VNC server on a Red hat 7.2 machine. I have NO IDEA what I'm doing here, help me. First see if vncserver runs as documented on the website. At the server machine, start `vncserver` and note the messages it gives. Start the viewer where you like it (can even be at the machine itself) If this all works, then have a loot here http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp for a real server setup. In the RH distribution, there is also some vncserver setup but that has several drawbacks, better not to use it. CBee ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
RE: Newbie Question
Yeah, the VNC server distro sucks on RH. Um, I'm using tightvnc and when I run vncserver, I get this message: New 'X' desktop is machinename:1 Creating default startup script /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup Starting applications specified in /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /home/myusername/.vnc/mahcinename:1.log I'm off to the website to check it out, thanks. From: Beerse,_Corni Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:23:39 +0200 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Newbie Question -Original Message- From: Sasha McLaughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I am trying to set up a VNC server on a Red hat 7.2 machine. I have NO IDEA what I'm doing here, help me. First see if vncserver runs as documented on the website. At the server machine, start `vncserver` and note the messages it gives. Start the viewer where you like it (can even be at the machine itself) If this all works, then have a loot here http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp for a real server setup. In the RH distribution, there is also some vncserver setup but that has several drawbacks, better not to use it. CBee ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com http://www.email.com/?sr=signup ___ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
