Yet another VNC problem

paul_dundee · 03-06-2005, 09:07 AM

I know this has been posted before, but after scouring the internet for over a week i am still no further forward.

how is it possible to specify which port vncserver listens on?

I would like to use 80, i know how to configure the viewer to work on 80.

any help appreciated.

d_t_baker · 03-06-2005, 09:33 AM

a little lesson in rtfm. or in my case grep the f** manual

gook:/home/dbaker# vncserver --help
usage: vncserver [:<number>] [-name <desktop-name>] [-depth <depth>]
[-geometry <width>x<height>]
[-pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN]
<Xvnc-options>...
vncserver [-clean] -kill :<number>

ooooooooooooooo we have to specify some Xvnc options.......

gook:/home/dbaker# Xvnc --help 2>&1|grep -i port
-bs disable any backing store support
-pn accept failure to listen on all ports
-nopn reject failure to listen on all ports
-su disable any save under support
-port port-num UDP port number to send messages to
-rfbport port TCP port for RFB protocol
-httpport port port for HTTP

arr there it is... u seem noobish, have u looked at x11vnc ?

d.

paul_dundee · 03-06-2005, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by d_t_baker
a little lesson in rtfm. or in my case grep the f** manual

gook:/home/dbaker# vncserver --help
usage: vncserver [:<number>] [-name <desktop-name>] [-depth <depth>]
[-geometry <width>x<height>]
[-pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN]
<Xvnc-options>...
vncserver [-clean] -kill :<number>

ooooooooooooooo we have to specify some Xvnc options.......

gook:/home/dbaker# Xvnc --help 2>&1|grep -i port
-bs disable any backing store support
-pn accept failure to listen on all ports
-nopn reject failure to listen on all ports
-su disable any save under support
-port port-num UDP port number to send messages to
-rfbport port TCP port for RFB protocol
-httpport port port for HTTP

arr there it is... u seem noobish, have u looked at x11vnc ?

d.

I've been trying to tunnel using SSH on 80 which works internally, but will not work outside. Firewall is set to forward port 80 traffic to that machine.

Will try the -rfbport 80 later. thanks.

paul_dundee · 03-06-2005, 04:07 PM

Please tell me what I am doing wrong here.

[root@fedora1 paulc]# Xvnc -rfbport 80

Xvnc version 4.0 - built Jun 14 2004 12:01:28
Underlying X server release 40201000, The XFree86 Project, Inc

Sun Mar 6 22:08:18 2005
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: vncExtInit: unable to bind listening socket: Address already in
use (98)
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
[root@fedora1 paulc]#

acid_kewpie · 03-06-2005, 04:26 PM

are you not using ssh on port 80 already? if you can ssh direct to your machine, then you want to be tunneling port 5901 (i think that's it offhand) for display :1 etc...

paul_dundee · 03-06-2005, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
are you not using ssh on port 80 already? if you can ssh direct to your machine, then you want to be tunneling port 5901 (i think that's it offhand) for display :1 etc...

I can tunnel using ssh on 80 internally, but from addresses outsite my lan i cannot ssh on 80. However on 22, i can ssh from anywhere. The problem is my company firewall will only allow traffic through 80. Although i have virtual pc with dialup the connection is a nightmare.