[CentOS] Reg. VNC server and Windows and Centos interworking

[Les Mikesell]

Padmaja wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for such a fast response. I typed vncserver at the command line 
> and it asked me for a password. It said I would require password to 
> enter the desktop. I did not set any before so gave some dummy password. 
> It again showed Verify and I typed the same password again. Then the 
> screen showed something like
> 
> for user padmaja, the startup script is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup
> the startup applications are in /home/padmaja/.vnc/Xstartup
> the log file is in /home/padmaja/.vnc/sipserver.com.log
> 
> After this I typed ps aux and saw that there is a Xvnc running againt 
> pid 11435.
> 
> Now, I tried to connect to the Centos PC from Windows using Vnc client 
> and it gave the error
> 
> "unable to connect to host: connection refused (10061)."
> 
> I cant understand what the issue is. I am however able to connect to 
> Windows PCs from VNC on windows.


Vncserver creates separate desktops for each instance and should have 
given you a 'screen number" when you started it - probably :1 for the 
first one.   Then you have to specify the matching screen when you 
connect from the client:  hostname:1.  If you have the firewall running 
on Centos, you have to permit the appropriate port in ( 5900 + screen 
number).  If you are expecting to access the desktop running on the 
console you need a different approach.  KDE and Gnome have 'screen 
sharing' options for the running desktop.

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   Les Mikesell
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