Thank you everyone for your help. I, a novice, successfully connected to the VNC server! Yeah!
As suggested it was a security issue. I checked my /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny settings and found that the settings were wrong. Your advice helped me focus my investigation. Now on to Samba. May I ask an additional very novice question? There are many remarks regarding opening and closing ports. Is this accomplished by only settings in the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files and shutting down unnecessary daemons/services? (We have a separate router that is acting as a Firewall.) Thanks again. --- "Beerse,_Corn・#34; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Seth and Steve, thank you so much for your advice. > We > > still havent been able to connect to the Linux > VNC > > server from our Win client. When attempting to > > connect, I spcified the IP address of the Linux > > server in our LAN (e.g., 192.168.0.10:1), but the > > dialog box still just disappears. > > Does the box disappear before or after the password > question? If after the > question, it is an vnc issue (like badd password or > such) If it is before > the question, try the telnet trick: `telnet linuxbox > 5901`. > > Have you tried to get access from the console > (:0.0) to the local Xvnc > (like `vncviewer :1` or `telnet localhost 5901`)? If > this gives proper > results and remote connections don't, it's the > security settings in your > linux box that trouble you. > > Try to find the firewall and security settings in > your distro and open port > 5901 for remote access. > > > > > As suggested, I downloaded Ethereal and captured > the > > network messages and have made sure that the > > /etc/hosts file in the Linux has the IP address > and > > name of the Win Client. I couldnt find anything > out > > of the ordinary (of course I am not exactly sure > what > > to look for). The captures did not look > significantly > > different from the log of the successful attempt > to > > connect to another Win2K Vnc Server, except that > the > > captures for the attempt to connect to the Linux > VNC > > server were cut off short. Again the Linux VNC > > server logs (/home/user/.vnc/hostname) show > Refused > > connection from client. > > This can still be a security issue. Are both > machines in the same IP domain > (same netmask, similar IP address). > > > > > I would appreciate any advice. What appears to be > > wrong? The DNS server settings?, Access > permissions?. > > Also, would any of the followings be the source > of > > the problem? > > I don't think the network is an issue here: The > viewer machine gets at the > server machine since it appears in the log. > > > > > Best to start at the firewall settings. > > > 1./etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny settings > (of > > the Linux box) > > 2./etc/hosts settings (of the Linux box) > > 3.PAM auth. (of the Linux box) > > 4.DNS (ours is on a Win2K machine) > > 5.router settings > > > > Also, this may or may not be relevant, but we are > > having trouble with our Samba connection to the > Linux > > machine. Although we can see the Linux > files/folders, > > we cannot copy files into the Linux folders from a > > Windows machines, although we are asked for user > and > > passwords (we can do the reverse copy). > > I bet if you solve one, you solve the other. > > > CBee > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
