VNC server rejects connections

TommyB · 05-15-2004, 06:49 PM

Hi,

I tried to run VNC server on my Mandrake 10 box. However if I try to connect to the server I get the message: vncviewer: VNC server closed connection

The log file of the server shows just the following entry:
Rejected connection from client IP address

I get the same result if I try it on the box that is running the server or from another box in the network.

Trying through http leads to the same result.

Anybody an idea what's wrong?

viottolo · 06-10-2004, 12:59 PM

..same problem.. with the comunity, all ok, with the "official" if I use the kde control center vnc I receive the same error..

karmapolis · 06-11-2004, 08:42 PM

There's an undocumented detail that you must keep in mind: MANY Mandrake applications, including Xvnc (the TightVNC server), were compiled to use TCP Wrappers. So you must add an entry to /etc/hosts.allow like this one:
Xvnc:127.0.0.1:ALLOW
Cheers!

Ariel

TommyB · 06-13-2004, 05:36 AM

I added the suggested line into hosts.allow. However VNC behaves in the same way as before, i.e. the server rejects all connections.

monx · 07-04-2004, 01:42 PM

Hi, I had similar problems with vnc... I went to the "configure your computer-->security--> advanced. Then put in 5901/tcp for the vnc port worked perfectly. I hope this helps.

barbo · 08-22-2004, 01:09 PM

Thank you very much.
I have the same problem, and the solution was to add "Xvnc" in the hosts.allow file.

Best regards.

Emmanuel_uk · 11-23-2005, 03:41 PM

Thanks for the tip
My error was with tightvnc on Mandriva 2005 LE:

vncviewer: VNC server closed connection

I had thought about editing /etc/hosts.allow and I had added
ALL:192.168.0.
but I indeed forgot to add
Xvnc:127.0.0.1:ALLOW