Re: cut-paste with VNC on linux - why modify Xvnc server

2003-02-13 Thread Ron Goldman
On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Wayne Throop wrote: Both vncviewer and Xvnc track the cursor and Xvnc tracks the cursor, and when it leaves the virtual screen, it sends data (if it changed). Ah, but what if I have resized my VNC viewer so that it is smaller than the X server

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Beerse, Corné
-Original Message- From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Just a general question: Are there plans for ssh encryption built into the VNC application in any future versions? Not to my knowledge. For unix it is common to keep separate functions separated. One

RE: vncserver slightly disprespects -geometry setting

2003-02-13 Thread Beerse, Corné
-Original Message- From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I'm finding that vncserver doesn't accurately respect the -geometry specification. I'm running TightVNC 1.2.7 on Solaris 8. The command is: vncserver -nolisten local -nevershared \ -geometry 1394x986

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread vbutanescu
I am in no way affiliated to *vnc, but I would simply say no. Think about it: there is no advantage in having the ssh encryption inside vnc. You can reach the same goal with vnc AND ssh, and there is no lack of (free, open source) ssh clients/servers for any given platform. AND you get remote

Re[2]: Express install for the server

2003-02-13 Thread vbutanescu
Thank you for your answer ... but this is so much the answer I didn't want to hear. I knew about Fastpush, and is quite impressive, but I need something for win9x as well. Also, I don't really wanna install services or play with login scripts and stuff. I plan only to run winvnc once, for

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread MGillespie
I think it SHOULD be implemented. Most of the arguments against implementing something like this, usually come from SysAdmins or Unix users, who already have this, and are familiar with setting it up. Windows users, and non system admins, are unlikely to even know what SSH is, or where to get it

IS Tool + Inno Setup

2003-02-13 Thread ben . blackmore
Hi, I'm using IS Tool Inno setup to create my own VNC installation, which sets the default password, and program settings. I'm having a bit of bother with the icons, currently it installs start menu icons to {group}\VNC {group}\VNC\Administrative Tools\ But this means everyone can get to the

hide host's windows

2003-02-13 Thread Fernando Gustavo Páez Becker
Hello, i'm new vnc user and i need to know if we can hide the host's screen , so we can work into the host machine and who is in front of host machine can't see what we're doing. It might seems rarely, but i need do a configuration of security in a host machine, and i need privacy. i apologise

RE: Re[2]: Express install for the server

2003-02-13 Thread Beau . Haefke
Well, that's not too much of a problem, just create a batch file the user can run that also imports the registry key. Just run regedit edit, browse to the registry entry that contains the password, either: HKCU\Software\Orl\WinVNC3 Password (REG_BINARY) or HKLM\Software\Orl\WinVNC3\Default

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread John Swanson
The only free ssh implementation I know of for windows is the cgywin ssh and last time I set it up you had to basically had to have and entire *nix application suite installed on the system to use it. I don't really want to set that up on every macchine in the company and users home systems. I

Re: Connecting to my home Network from everywhere

2003-02-13 Thread Jordan Share
At 07:06 AM 2/13/2003, Brian Tuttle wrote: I know that this question has probably been asked and answered a hundred times but I couldn't find anything in the archives that answered my question. I currently have a home network (peer to peer, no servers per say) and I would enjoy the benefit of

RE: IS Tool + Inno Setup

2003-02-13 Thread Beau . Haefke
I'm not too familiar with the programs which you're speaking of, but if you're allowed to choose where the shortcuts are being created, I would just use the environmental variable %userprofile%\start menu\programs\VNC This will copy the links into the current user's start menu rather than into

RE: Turning input event on/off for different connections to one server.

2003-02-13 Thread Beau . Haefke
Check out the latest version of TightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com Should be version 1.2.8, which will let you set one password for full access and another for view only. You shouldn't need to change the viewers on any machines and it works fine with the Java client. Regards, Beau

RE: IS Tool + Inno Setup

2003-02-13 Thread ben . blackmore
Yeah thats what I thought, but I wasn't to sure of the variable, it currently uses {group}\VNC\Administration and as far as I know {group} isn't a windows variable, so I think it must be a variable just for this program, I was wondering if it has a variable for admin group, maybe {admin} or

RE: RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread John Swanson
Yes but you need an ssh sever on the computer it is connecting to. -Original Message- From: Antonio Tovar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:26 AM To: John Swanson Subject: Re: RE: Automatic Encryption Hello, PuTTY redirects local ports thru ssh conections

Re: hide host's windows

2003-02-13 Thread Illtud Daniel
Fernando Gustavo Paez Becker wrote: Hello, i'm new vnc user and i need to know if we can hide the host's screen , so we can work into the host machine and who is in front of host machine can't see what we're doing. (by the way, your English is better than my Spanish. Muy better!) This

Re: VNC crashes

2003-02-13 Thread Shing-Fat Fred Ma
Richard Everett wrote: I believe it was in reference to some Soloris 8 boxes running TightVNC and having the pc VNC sessions crashing on windows boxes. I am having an issue where RH8 will not allow me to start another session manager as root with gnome. I do not have the issue on my 7.3

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Bill Cassady
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, John Swanson wrote: The only free ssh implementation I know of for windows is the cgywin ssh and last time I set it up you had to basically had to have and entire *nix application suite installed on the system to use it. I don't really want to set that up on every

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Jordan Share
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Cassady Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:22 AM To: John Swanson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Automatic Encryption On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, John Swanson wrote: The only free ssh

Re[2]: Turning input event on/off for different connections to one server.

2003-02-13 Thread Sergey A. Chernyshev
Thank you for advice. I installed TightVNC - it works very good for us. Sergey. BHfc Check out the latest version of TightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com Should be version 1.2.8, which will BHfc let you set one password for full access and another for view only. You shouldn't need to change

RE: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Bill Cassady
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Jordan Share wrote: Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:47:40 -0800 You might want to investigate putty (linked to from the openssh.org web site). It's an ssh implementation for Windows; 30 second install -- and you're up and running. I've used it for a couple of years on a

FW: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Jordan Share
Goddammit. Stupid list policy. -Original Message- From: Jordan Share [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:07 PM To: Bill Cassady; Jordan Share Cc: John Swanson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Automatic Encryption -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Carl
PuTTY has an SSH server? I thought it was only the client. Carl - Original Message - From: Bill Cassady [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: RE: Automatic Encryption On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, John

RE: Accessing JAVA based viewer from webserver

2003-02-13 Thread cb219
Thanks, I didn't realise that ports 5800 and 5900 had to be used for the VNC server. It seems that 5800 is the port used to access the display while 5900 is the port which the RFB server uses to connect to the software. Many Thanks to everyone who helped with this. DM

RE: IS Tool + Inno Setup

2003-02-13 Thread Michael Milette
Keep in mind that the folders might not be called Start Menu and Programs if you are running Windows in other languages. It is best to ask windows for the right path. Another situation is where you might want to have the shortcut installed under AllUsers instead of your own personal profile.

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Carl
I think that you can install the SSH sever on one computer and use port forwarding to get to the other computers. Carl - Original Message - From: John Swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:56 AM Subject: RE: Automatic Encryption The only

Client disconnects repeatedly over VPN

2003-02-13 Thread
I have a WinVNC server v3.3.3.R9 running on Win2k (SP2), and a remote vncviewer client, running on Win2k (SP2), connecting to the server over VPN. The vncviewer client keeps dropping its connection every couple of minutes or so, consistently! Although, the VPN layer remains up. I've gotten

RE: Client disconnects repeatedly over VPN

2003-02-13 Thread Jordan Share
Have you tried capturing the traffic and looking it in ethereal? Ideally on both sides of the connection. One time, I had a severely wacky problem with TCP connections dying. Turned out that one of the routers was corrupting the packets. Even if is not something as odd as that, seeing the

RE: Client disconnects repeatedly over VPN

2003-02-13 Thread
I tracked the Win2k netstat -p tcp 5 output on the server side, but since my client's at a physically remote location, I haven't done the same simultaneously... yet. That's how I discovered that the VPN layer kept up, but the VNC connection did not.Any other ideas??--- On Thu 02/13, Jordan

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 04:33:28PM -0500, Carl wrote: Cliff, please share with us which is the PuTTY SSH Server? I have never seen it. ? Well the server is sshd on the Unix system. Are we talking the other way around, you mean a ssh type server on Windows .. in which case putty is

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Carl
The server is the computer you connect to and it should be running something like Cygwin ssh server. The client is the computer you are connecting from and it runs an client like PuTTY. With VNC SSH each PC can be both server and client however. Carl - Original Message - From: Bill

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Carl
Cliff, please share with us which is the PuTTY SSH Server? I have never seen it. Carl - Original Message - From: Cliff Sarginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:27 PM Subject: Re: Automatic Encryption On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:56:33AM

Automatically Starting VNC-server

2003-02-13 Thread George Gambill
Correct me if I am wrong or missing a better way. It seems that if I start vncserver from root (RH8), I must use the root password to start vncviewer (Windows 2000). If I start vncserver from user1 (RH8), I must use the user1 password to start vncviewer (Windows 2000). I infer from this that

Re: Automatic Encryption

2003-02-13 Thread Robin Hill
On Tue Feb 11, 2003 at 12:31:13PM -0500, Kaplan, Andrew H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a general question: Are there plans for ssh encryption built into the VNC application in any future versions? One experimental version of VNC, known as ZVNC, does this for Windows. You might want to

RE: Client disconnects repeatedly over VPN

2003-02-13 Thread Jordan Share
Yes. Try doing what I suggested. Get the winpcap drivers, and ethereal. Capture the traffic, ideally on both sides, and look at it in ethereal. Links: http://winpcap.polito.it/ http://www.ethereal.com/ If you are on an SMP machine, never mind, because winpcap doesn't work on multi-processor

Re: Automatically Starting VNC-server

2003-02-13 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:33:33PM -0700, George Gambill wrote: Correct me if I am wrong or missing a better way. It seems that if I start vncserver from root (RH8), I must use the root password to start vncviewer (Windows 2000). If I start vncserver from user1 (RH8), I must use the user1

Someone may have got a REJECT spam message from me

2003-02-13 Thread Cliff Sarginson
I think someone sending a message may have hit one of my anti-spam rules. Apologies, I think you hit a typo in the extremely long list. It has been fixed. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ]

Re: Automatically Starting VNC-server

2003-02-13 Thread William Hooper
- Original Message - From: George Gambill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: Automatically Starting VNC-server Correct me if I am wrong or missing a better way. It seems that if I start vncserver from root (RH8), I must use the

Re: vncsetup - step by setp

2003-02-13 Thread Jonathan Linowes
hi walter, thank you for your help. it is working better now. I'm running RH8.0 and KDE Now it does not automatically boot into the gui desktop (I guess that is expected? what would I change if I wanted the system to have a gui (ctrl-alt-F7) and a vncserver available at boot up?). When I run