Scott Silva wrote: > on 9-25-2008 10:55 AM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: >> I am working on the Centos wiki instructions for doing an install via >> vnc: >> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VncHeadlessInstall >> >> CD is all burned and ready to go. I then thought about the viewer >> settings particularly the port number and firewall rules. >> >> When I connect vncviewer to a vncserver it uses port(s) 590n where n >> is the display number. OK, is that what happens when a server >> connects back to a -listen viewer? > > No > > >> Seems not. According to the man page, it seems the default is port >> 5500, so I have to open up this port on the 'client' system and of >> course allow it through my internal firewall (or put the install >> system on the same subnet as the client and not the one with the repo >> server). >> >> Do I have this figured out right? > > Yes. Port 5500 is the correct one, and you might need to also have > access to port 5900 on the new install machine just in case you get > disconnected. Then you can re-connect and finish. Oh course, I will have to know its dhcp leased address, but not so hard, only 2 such on that subnet. > I don't know if I would be comfortable installing over the internet > with VNC since it is clear-text, but I guess it would be OK. I would > change passwords on the new system after it is up just to feed my > paranoia. Oh, all internal 'intra-nets'. I just have all of my production and lab nets connected to a firewall to control what goes on between them. Simple to add port 5500 to the vnc service definition.