configure vncserver

[RemoteSilicon]

Hi
I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 on my system for the first time. I want to know how am I going to configure VNCServer, so that it can allow other machine to access its desktop. I have installed it on a windows machine, but when I try to connect my Linux machine, it gives me "failed to connect to server" error. Plz help

 

[bgarlock]

Maybe your firewall is blocking the port that the vnc server uses. Check to see that port 5900-59xx is open, where 5900 is display 1-xx.

Try:

telnet linuxserver 5900

If you don't get anything, then the firewall is probably blocking it. Bruce Garlock
bruceg@tiac.net

http://bruceg.dyndns.org

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Yes... unless you disabled it, redhat 7.x comes with a ipchains based firewall that is turned on by default and even the 'low' security setting blocks remote connections.

To admin the firewall do as root :

/usr/sbin/lokkit

then follow the screens to allow the vnc ports through or, if its on a lan, you can set the lan interface as 'trusted' which may be simpler.

Restart by doing :

/etc/rc.d/init.d/ipchains restart

Regards