Hi Alan, When you are connecting over a local network, are you connecting from another Linux system?
You might see this with current releases if your password contains non-ASCII characters and the default locales in use on the viewer & server systems differ, since different locales can use different numeric values to represent a particular non-ASCII character. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Curtis > Sent: 09 February 2007 14:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Authentication failure over ssh tunnel > > I am trying to set up vnc over an ssh tunnel. > > I seem to be able to talk to the server through the tunnel (I have > checked telnet etc.). But I cannot log on, getting an Authentication > failure. > > This is the message in the server log. > > Connections: accepted: x.x.x.x::x > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.7 > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2) > Connections: closed: x.x.x.x::x (Authentication failure) > > I am using OS X, Chicken of the VNC, connecting to a server > running on Linux. > > I have no problem connecting over a local network. > _______________________________________________ > 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
