> -----Original Message----- > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Hi, > > I installed VNC Server on an HP-UX 10.20 workstation. I modified the > inetd.conf and services files to reflect > the application's settings. After that I restarted the inetd > services on the machine. While I was on the machine, > I did a netstat -a and the vnc ports were listening for > connections. When I tried to connect to the server from a > Windows 2000 machine via the VNCViewer, I got a could not > connect to server error message.
If you followed http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp , you probably use the wrong user from inetd. The user `nobody` has no proper rights on HP-UX for running Xvnc. Better use `sys` for that purpose. You can test this part from a root account: # su - sys /path/to/Xvnc :4 -query localhost # su - nobody /path/to/Xvnc :5 -query localhost On HP-UX, you should be able to connect to :4 but not to :5 since user nobody lacks some rights. > > The UNIX system has telnet disabled but does allow SSH > connections. I am going over the steps to connect > to the system using VNC over SSH but I wanted to know if > anyone had any ideas? Thanks. You can restrict Xvnc to only allow connections from localhost (that's what happens if you also use ssh). It adds a little security. See `Xvnc -help` for a list of options. CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
