So i thought 631 because that became open as soon as i install x11vnc So what port then do i use for VNC? My other questions, what user logs in through VNC and do i need to do anything to sshd config?
Thanks for your help On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Mike Jumper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Babatunde Busari < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok i have installed x1vnc >> >> apt install x11vnc >> >> and its running on port 631 >> >> > What leads you to believe that x11vnc is running on port 631? > > It's not impossible, but the circumstances that would lead to that are > pretty contrived. Port 631 is a privileged port [1] and is the default port > for CUPS / IPP [2], the printing system used by most Linux distributions, > including Ubuntu. > > - Mike > > [1] https://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Installation/PrivilegedPorts.html > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol > >
