How to connect VNC without SSH?

notooth · 01-29-2021, 03:12 AM

Here is the output on the host:

Code:

$ vncviewer 10.0.0.5:5901
Error: unable connect to socket: Connection refused (61)

The output on the VM:

Code:

$ ss -nltp | grep 5901
LISTEN    0         5                127.0.0.1:5901             0.0.0.0:*        users:(("Xtigervnc",pid=533,fd=7))                                             
LISTEN    0         5                    [::1]:5901                [::]:*        users:(("Xtigervnc",pid=533,fd=8))

berndbausch · 01-29-2021, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notooth

The output on the VM:

Code:

$ ss -nltp | grep 5901
LISTEN    0         5                127.0.0.1:5901             0.0.0.0:*        users:(("Xtigervnc",pid=533,fd=7))                                             
LISTEN    0         5                    [::1]:5901                [::]:*        users:(("Xtigervnc",pid=533,fd=8))

Tigervnc only listens at the host local address, i.e. 127.0.0.1 and (IPv6) ::1. You need to configure it so that it listens on all addresses.

notooth · 01-31-2021, 06:58 AM

I finally made it work without SSH. Thanks for the help.

andre@home · 01-31-2021, 11:55 AM

What made exactly THE difference?
This may be quite important to others.

redss · 01-18-2024, 11:17 AM

This thread really made me mad since I spent all the time reading thru all the answers and got to the end where the OP solved it without sharing the solution and leaving me hanging

At any rate, I solved it by adding "-localhost no" as a parameter when kicking off vncserver from the command line

_blackhole_ · 01-19-2024, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redss

This thread really made me mad since I spent all the time reading thru all the answers and got to the end where the OP solved it without sharing the solution and leaving me hanging

At any rate, I solved it by adding "-localhost no" as a parameter when kicking off vncserver from the command line

You found the correct solution for that, however it's still better to use an ssh tunnel.