Hmm... I wonder what would happen if you used the "-noconsole" switch on the command-line to add the client? I don't really know, myself... just curious to try and help. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:24 PM To: John Aldrich; [email protected] Subject: RE: Add Client Without Server Session Yes, I have it running as a service. But I've tried every configuration. In user mode the service won't even run without a user logged in, so user mode is out. When running the server as a service, there are three options: 1. Log on as "Local System Account", with "Allow service to interact with desktop" checked. This is the default Log On mode that VNC registers itself with when you click on the "Register VNC Service" shortcut. This shortcut executes the following command: winvnc4.exe" -noconsole -register This allows the service to run without a user session, but, as stated in my original post, when my scheduled task runs... winvnc4.exe -connect mysubdomain.homeip.net::<port> ...it executes without an error but the client is not added. 2. Log on as "Local System Account", with "Allow service to interact with desktop" unchecked. I tried this configuration to see if it would make any difference. The difference is that now my scheduled task (see above) executes and returns the following error: "Unable to locate existing VNC Server." 3. Log on as "This account". This option requires you to specify either a domain or machine user account and password. It doesn't "interact with desktop" and therefore doesn't respond to "add client" commands. Whether I use a domain account or user account (both with machine Admin privileges, of course) I still get the error: "Unable to locate existing VNC Server." Greg --- John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have VNC running as a service? That might be the problem > there. I > don't know, but that's just a guess. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Greg > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Add Client Without Server Session > > >Scenario: > >I want to have a VNC server behind a firewall automatically connect to >a VNC client outside that firewall. I can do this successfully using >the VNC server "Add Client" function and Windows' Scheduled Tasks. >However, this configuration requires the VNC server to have an active >session, i.e., there must be a user logged in to the server for this to >work. Is there a way to configure VNC server so that it will add a >client even if there is no user logged in? > >My current configuration has VNC running as a service under the Local >System account. The scheduled task is a batch file containing the >following command: > >winvnc4.exe -connect mysubdomain.homeip.net::<port> > >As stated above, this works as long as there is an active session on >the server. If there is no session, the connect command executes >without error but the client is not added. > >Thanks, >Greg > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
