On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, William Hooper wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alicia Hopkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, William Hooper wrote:
> [snip]
> > > It would probably help if you give us more detail about how
> > things are set
> > > up... What version of unix are you using? Are there any
> > firewalls in the
> > > way? Are you trying to tunnel VNC over SSH? Exactly what
> > commands did you
> > > try (there are a lot in the FAQ)?
> > >
> > >
> > the unix computer is running linux version 2.4.19. The
> > firewall option in
> > the network is currently disabled. I do have the tunneling
> > command checked
> > in the profile.
> >
> > I at first sshed into the unix server.
> >
> > then:
> >
> > $ ssh -L 5901:unixserver:5900 mywindowsIPaddress
> >
> > ssh: connect to address 128.186.12.61 port 22: Connection refused
> >
> > is my error
>
> I see now. Your SSH command doesn't work because you don't have an SSH
> server on your Windows machine. That isn't the issue, though.
>
> What software are you using for SSH on the Windows machine? To set up the
> SSH tunnel you need to do it in the SSH client, not after you log into the
> server.
>
> > I have tried to connect simply from the windows desktop using
> > the icons,
> > but that isn't working either. I get the error failed to connect to
> > listening VNC viewer.
> >
> > Alicia Hopkins
>
> This is sounds like you are doing it backwards. Pardon me if I'm mistaken,
> but it sounds like you have the WinVNC server running and you are trying to
> "Add New Client". Instead you want to use the VNC viewer to connect to the
> Linux machine. It should be under Programs->RealVNC->Run VNC viewer. In
> this box put in your unixserver:1 (or change :1 to be what ever display you
> are trying to connect to). Of course all this assumes you have run
> "vncserver" on the Linux box to actually start the server.
>
>
The software for SSH is Secure Shell Client 3.2.2
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