>I can update the vnc settings with a registry set over http, but I cannot
>see how to set the listen port for it.
>On my system here, the GUI won't allow me to enter -5875!
As another thought -- as of the newer releases (r7 and higher for Windows),
the publicly released server also contains the ability to initiate a
connection to a viewer. If the firewall in question allows arbitrary
outgoing connections (which is not uncommon), then you could simply have
the service running on the server, run vncviewer in "listen mode" on your
machine (the install should have placed such a shortcut in your start
menu), and then issue a command to the server so that its WinVNC opens an
outbound connection to your vncviewer. This would make the port
irrelevant, and no services would have to be shut down, even temporarily.
Which of course won't work if you are also behind a firewall or masquerade,
unless you can configure your local firewall.
Since this "backwards" connection is something that has been in the
internal ORL VNC server for a long time, but has only recently been
released to the outside world, the best source of further information is
probably right here in the mailing list. If we ask nicely, Wez might tell
us how to do it ;-)
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