On 02/25/2013 07:55 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > Hey everyone: > > I got it working. I set it up under a user account. > I was trying to set it up with the root account. > It is working with the user account. > > Will the VNC server allow remote logins as root? From root did you run vncpasswd to create the needed /root.vnc/ files? > > Thanks, > Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (972) 834-1565 > We lend money to investors to buy or refinance single family rent houses. > No origination fees, quick approval, no credit check. > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf > Of Neil Aggarwal > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:33 AM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] VNC server not reponding to external requests > > Hello everyone: > > I tried following the instructions on this page to set up a VNC > server: > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server > > I can telnet to port 5901 from the machine itself: > # telnet 127.0.0.1 5901 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to 127.0.0.1. > Escape character is '^]'. > RFB 003.008 > > But, when I try to connect to it from the outside world, I get a connection > timeout. > > My /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file does not have the -nolisten tcp nor the > -localhost > options so it should be configured to accept outside connections. > > Is there some default setting in the vncserver that I need to change to > allow outside > connections? > > Thanks, > Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (972)834-1565, http://UnmeteredVPS.net/centos > Virtual private server with CentOS 6 preinstalled > Unmetered bandwidth = no overage charges > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >