> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erich Kuehn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 
> Im trying to VNC (latest rev) from a Win XP Pro to a solaris 
> (2.8) machine I have.

I read: WXP runs vncviewer, Solaris runs vncserver (== Xvnc)

>  
> I can connect but when prompted for a password, I try every 
> password I have under the sun, but to no avail.
> I then run the vncpasswd app like this
>  
> ./vncpasswd <thepassword> passwordfile
>  
> Try to connect again and get the same results.
> I try restart vnc with ./vncserver stop ./vncserver start

I have an other syntax to start and stop the vncserver:

vncserver :4
vncserver -kill :4

>  
> And get mixed results, sometimes it starts other times it 
> fails and tells me
> I will need a password to access my desktops, but doesn't 
> actually start.

Is it possible your sysadmin gave a script to start and stop vncserver on
unix?
Then is it possible that an other unix user at the same machien uses the
vncserver?
Then the port is occupied by an other vncserver and you cannot get in.
Check for processes with the name Xvnc.

If the above somehow is true, best to ask for a setup like
http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp . THen you don't have
to worry on starting the vncserver, it is started for you as soon  as you
connect (and it stops as soon as vncviewer stops)


CBee
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