Bill, In the absence of the Log entry, the server will log correctly. It's only if you have a broken Log entry that it won't.
What is the output you get when you run: telnet <server> 5900 Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gunter > Sent: 17 August 2005 19:19 > To: James Weatherall > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: authentication error > > > Nope, no Log under that registry tree. And I definitely > haven't changed anything in the registry. Also, there is no > Log value under that tree on another machine that is logging > correctly. > > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 06:32 -0500, James Weatherall wrote: > > Bill, > > > > If you are connecting to any VNC 4 series server (including VNC > > Enterprise > > Edition) for Windows, you will find "Connections: accepted" and > > "Connections: closed" messages in the Application Event Log of the > > computer > > on which the server is running. The only reason that these > might not > > be > > there is if you have explicitely reconfigured the server's logging > > settings > > from the defaults. > > > > Is there a Log value under HKLM/Software/RealVNC/WinVNC4 in the > > registry? > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gunter > > > Sent: 16 August 2005 20:15 > > > To: James Weatherall > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: authentication error > > > > > > The server seems to work fine in "VNC Password" mode, just not > > Windows > > > Auth mode. > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 12:06 -0500, James Weatherall wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > > > > > If VNC server isn't logging things to the Event Log then > > something > > > > somewhere > > > > is pretty screwed up. As a simple test, can you try > > > removing VNC from > > > > the > > > > machien and then reinstalling it? This will cause the > > > service to be > > > > unregistered and reregistered, which will cause certain logging > > & > > > > permissions to be reset to the correct values. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Bill Gunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: 16 August 2005 18:00 > > > > > To: James Weatherall > > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: RE: authentication error > > > > > > > > > > Other things are being logged, so that's doubtful. I also > > > > > tried shutting > > > > > down the vnc service to make sure I'm not hitting some other > > > > machine > > > > > from my client, and I got a connection refused, so I'm > > definitely > > > > > hitting this server. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:58 -0500, James Weatherall wrote: > > > > > > Bill, > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure that the Application Event Log isn't full? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Bill Gunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Sent: 16 August 2005 17:55 > > > > > > > To: James Weatherall > > > > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > > > Subject: RE: authentication error > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Positive. I'm RDP'd into the server and looking at the > > > > Application > > > > > > log > > > > > > > right now. The last success log was at 10:08 today and > > > > > > > nothing has been > > > > > > > logged from WinVNC since, even though I've been trying > > > > > > > constantly to vnc > > > > > > > into the machine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:52 -0500, James Weatherall > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure that you're looking at the Application > > Event > > > > > > > Log of the > > > > > > > > computer on which VNC server is running, and not > > > the log on > > > > > > > a domain > > > > > > > > controller? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Application Event Log will contain a number of > > > > Information > > > > > > > > messages from > > > > > > > > WinVNC4, starting "Connections: accepted" or > > "Connections: > > > > > > closed", > > > > > > > > for each > > > > > > > > connection that is made to the server. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Success Audits will be logged either to a domain > > controller, > > > > or > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > computer on which VNC Server is running, depending on > > your > > > > > > network > > > > > > > > setup. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > From: Bill Gunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Sent: 16 August 2005 17:46 > > > > > > > > > To: James Weatherall > > > > > > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: authentication error > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > James, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nothing is logged to the application log when I > > > get this > > > > > > > > > error. The only > > > > > > > > > entries with a source of WinVNC are the Success > > > Audits when > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > connection actually works. When it doesn't work and > > > > > produces > > > > > > > > > the error, > > > > > > > > > nothing gets logged. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:36 -0500, James Weatherall > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In this instance there will be messages logged to > > the > > > > > > > Application > > > > > > > > > > Event Log > > > > > > > > > > of the server on which VNC Server Enterprise > > > Edition for > > > > > > Windows > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > running. > > > > > > > > > > The error message will originate from WinVNC4 and > > will > > > > > > indicate > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > reason > > > > > > > > > > for the authentication failure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Bill > > > > > > Gunter > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: 16 August 2005 16:50 > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: authentication error > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been testing out realvnc enterprise > > > edition and am > > > > > > having > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > > > > intermittent problem. I'm trying to connect with > > the > > > > > > linux > > > > > > > > > > > E4_1_7 client > > > > > > > > > > > to a Win2k server running the same version of the > > > > server > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > > > Windows > > > > > > > > > > > authentication. I get this error: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SelectSocke: An authentication error > > > occurred. See > > > > > > > the server > > > > > > > > > > error > > > > > > > > > > > log for > > > > > > > > > > > details. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can find nothing in the server error log (I > > > assume > > > > > > > this is > > > > > > > > > > > the windows > > > > > > > > > > > event log). It's accepting my password > because when > > > > I > > > > > > > > > deliberately > > > > > > > > > > > mistype it I get this error: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SelectSocke: Either the username was not > > recognised, > > > > or > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > password > > > > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > > > > incorrect > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. I want to > > purchase > > > > > > > > > licenses for the > > > > > > > > > > > enterprise version but cannot if we can't > > > solve this > > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Gunter > > > > > > > > > > > Assistant Director of Information Systems > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ARC Systems > > > > > > > > > > > P: 512.358.5377 > > > > > > > > > > > F: 512.892.5552 > > > > > > > > > > > <www.arcsystems.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [email protected] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
