[TriLUG] Re: VNC questions -

[H Brett Bolen]

Janyne Kizer wrote:

> OK, I did this and "iptables -L" indicates that it is working fine,
> however it does not appear the the VNC server is running.
> 
> /etc/services 
> vnc-640x480x8   5950/tcp                        # vnc server IP
> vnc-800x600x8   5951/tcp                        # vnc server IP
> vnc-800x600x16  5952/tcp                        # vnc server IP 
> 
> /etc/xinetd.d/vnc-640x480x8
> 
> # default: off
> # description: The vnc server allows connection via the vnc protocol
> #
> #       server                  = /usr/bin/Xvnc
> 
> service vnc-640x480x8
> {
>         disable                 = no
>         socket_type             = stream
>         protocol                = tcp
>         wait                    = no
>         user                    = nobody
>         server                  = /usr/bin/Xvnc
>         server_args             = -inetd -broadcast -once -geometry
> 640x480 -depth 8
>         log_on_success          += USERID
>         log_on_failure          += USERID
> }
> 
> Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
>>Gotcha.
>>
>>So I need to add a line like the following to the firewall
>>
>>iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --sport 5950 -j ACCEPT


see if it works from your side of the firewall ( take iptables out of
equation).  if it works, then add firewall support.

I boot at runlevel 3, so I don't use xdm ( kdm, gdm, etc).  I had to
remove -brodcast from the server_args line.  I also removed -once,
but I don't recall why.

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