vnc

[Damien Elmes]

Nicolas Cherbuin <n.cherbuin at anu.edu.au> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble logging into my vncserver (linux/RH 7.2) from a windows
> machine. As I was not sure if it was a firewall problem, I flushed the
> ipchains and set all the rules to Accept. I reinstalled vncserver, checked
> that it is running, looked into the log file that only says "refused
> connection to [my windows computer ip address...]". I also checked the network
> and I can ping the server from the client and the reverse is also true, samba
> is working perfectly. Also I can access the vncserver on the windows machine
> from the server and the windows machine can access another vncserver on a
> linux computer (RH7.1). Yes, I have also read the vnc documentation and the
> only thing I cannot do is telnet the vncserver port but as I never use telnet
> I am not sure whether it is to do with vncserver setup, me or telnet
> configuration. I have also tried to connect from another windows machine.
>
> I am running out of ideas, could somebody please help (:-}

Have a look in /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}. If you have ALL: PARANOID in
hosts.deny, and your windows box doesn't have a DNS name or a misconfigured
one, then it will refuse connections.

Regards,
-- 
Damien Elmes