I think I have it sorted now. All machines had the same host name in the network setup, strange that it worked before. > Gerard Bendotti > > Human Resources Systems Development Officer > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > phone: (08) 9368 3490 > fax: (08) 9474 3749 > room: Admin 126 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bendotti, Gerard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 17 August 2001 8:24 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Getting local loop-back connection error when connecting to > a rem ote machine. > > Hello List, > As the subject line says, I get "Local loop-back connections are disabled" > when trying to connect to a remote machine. > > I have been through the archives and documentation before resorting to > asking what appears to be a silly question, perhaps I have overlooked > something in the setup. All I found was, as expected references to > connecting to localhost, which is not what I am trying to do. > > The only think I can think of is the remote machine has the same name as > my > network log in and it is getting confused. Either that or the network > setup > on it is not right, but I have checked and it looks fine to me. > > The machine was recently reformatted, prior to this VNC worked fine, but > the > machine had a different name. > > Any ideas are appreciated. > > Thanks > > Gerard Bendotti > > Human Resources Systems Development Officer > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > - > phone: (08) 9368 3490 > fax: (08) 9474 3749 > room: Admin 126 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
