> [victor:09:25 victor]$ ssh -L 5902:q1:5901 q1 Here I would suggest "ssh -L 5902:127.0.0.1:5901 q1"
Best regards, Miroslav Luptak > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wed, Oct 02, 2002 15:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Newbie install fails to connect through ssh tunnel > > > Hello List, > > I have just yesterday downloaded andinstalled vnc 3.3.4 on two RedHat > 7.1 boxes, one in the office and one at home. > The office systems have ADSL connection to the Internet, > with PAT (Port > Address Translation) provided by the ISP and an internal hardware > firewall. Because of the PAT I cannot easily access ports > 5800+. Instead > I am trying to use a connection through ssh as suggested in > the realvnc > docs. > > I have tried to stick to a simple install setup to begin with. > On the remote (work) machine, as root: > 1. ran vncpasswd > 2. replaced 'twm &*' with 'startx -- :1 &' at end of the supplied > xstartup file. (We don't have twm, and without the '-- :1' > the xstartup > was trying to start a server on display :0 which is already in use) > 3. ran 'vncserver &', got response "New 'X' desktop is linux01:1". > > I can see Xvnc is running on the server: > [root@linux01 13:40 ~/.vnc]v# ps -aefw | grep vnc > root 8202 1 0 13:36 pts/17 00:00:00 Xvnc :1 -desktop X > -httpd /usr/local/vnc/classes -auth /root/.Xauthority -geometry 1 > > On my local (home) machine: > > 1. set up ssh to forward local 5902 traffic to remote 5901 (I have > called the office machine q1 in my hosts file) > > [victor:09:25 victor]$ ssh -L 5902:q1:5901 q1 > victor@q1's password: > Last login: ... etc ... > [victor@linux01 13:20 ~]$ > (this gives me a login on q1 that I don't particularly > require, but what > the heck...) > > 2. Try to start the vnc viewer on the local end of the ssh tunnel, it > fails: > > [victor:13:13 victor]$ vncviewer localhost:2 > VNC viewer version 3.3.4 - built Oct 2 2002 09:37:15 > Copyright (C) 2002 RealVNC Ltd. > Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. > ReadFromRFBServer: rdr::EndOfStream > > I tried Googling for this error but got zero hits. > > In fact I see that same client-side failure even if i stop the server > with "vncserver -kill :1". So I think I must have missed at least a > couple of things - is anyone able to tell me ehre I went wrong? > > thanks in advance - > > -- > > Victor Churchill Qonnectis Group Ltd > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
