[CentOS] vncserver on IPv6
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Tue Aug 12 14:57:04 UTC 2008
Rob Lockhart wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Robert Moskowitz
> <rgm at htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Robert Moskowitz
> <rgm at htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>
> <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>>> wrote:
>
> http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/4.1/ipv6.html
>
>
> IPv6 support in VNC Server E4.1.7/P4.1.2
>
> VNC Server E4.1.7 & P4.1.2 are fully IPv6-aware, but is shipped
> with IPv6 support disabled by default, for security
> reasons. IPv6
> can be enabled by setting "InTransports=IPv6,IPv4" (the default
> being IPv4 only), either on the command-line when starting
> vncserver under Unix
>
> Ok. we have vnc-server-4.1.2-9.el5.i386.rpm, so it SHOULD
> support
> IPv6.
>
> Don't know how to add a setting to the command-line, as I rund
> VNCserver via the service command, but I added it to
> /etc/sysconfig/vncservers:
>
> InTransports="IPv6" (note I also tried without the quotes)
>
> and netstat -na|grep 5902
>
> shows vncserver only running on IPv4 and I can only connect
> to it
> via IPv4.
>
> So what am I missing?????
>
>
> Rob Lockhart wrote:
>
> In /etc/sysconfig/vncservers I have something like this:
>
> VNCSERVERS="1:myusername"
> VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1400x1050 -depth 16 -localhost"
>
> (so I can only use localhost, which means I only allow
> connections over ssh or from the local machine).
>
> Yours might be something like this:
>
> VNCSERVERS="1:robert"
> VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1400x1050 -depth 16
> InTransports=IPv6,IPv4"
>
>
> Well first my line has [2]. I changed that to [1] and tried all
> sorts of variants to the above, including putting a - infront of
> InTransports (like other options), and replacing the = with a
> space. No listening on IPv6.
>
> I have foudn the RealVNC support mailing list and sent a question
> there, hopefully to get answers. But if anyone has anything to
> suggest here, please do.
>
>
>
> Robert,
>
> I recently reinstalled VNC - actually "TightVNC" as it's better than
> VNC for bandwidth. If you type "Xvnc -h" you'll see all the
> parameters supported. I didn't see any options for IPv6 in my
> version. But yours might indeed have more options.
Using this method, I don't either, though the help is -help, not -h, but
there is -multicast for IPv6 multicast for XDMCP
>
> I noticed that the default /etc/init.d/vncserver script seemed to be
> ignoring my parameters for VNCSERVERARGS as in the log file, it showed
> listening for all hosts (not just local hosts). This was confirmed by
> connecting directly from another machine to the VNC server port (:1
> which is port 5901). I had an older version of the vncserver script,
> and I overwrote the one from the repository with that one, and it took
> my parameters. However, the parameters I can confirm are working
> are: "-nolisten tcp -localhost -desktop RobHome -geometry 1280x1024".
>
> First, verify via "Xvnc -h" that the parmeters for IPv6 are supported
> (InTransports).
BTW, I note in the -help messages that parameters are case insensitive.
Or that is the claim.
> Next, could it be possible the ip6tables is blocking you? My
> network doesn't use IPv6 so I don't think I could retrace your steps.
No. Port 5902 is specifically accepted in both iptables and ip6tables.
And I have tested this using another app that I have bound to that port
(but is not running when I try out vncserver).
And no answer on the vnc support list....
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