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Originally Posted by pwhitey86
I logged into a remote machine with the following
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ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 sshUserName@HostSite.com
It enters a secure console and I login in as root. |
Logging in as root is a
VERY BAD IDEA, and shouldn't EVER be done, unless you're in single-user/rescue mode, trying to fix a problem. This could be one part of your problem.
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On my local machine, I run chicken of the vnc with Host=localhost:5901 and the vnc password. This fails and I get the following error message
Code:
channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
What is causing this?
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The message is fairly clear: administrative policies prohibit what you're trying to do, and for VERY good reason. X isn't secure to start with, and running it as root is even worse. And VNC/X is probably blocked at the firewall, hence the message. Have you contacted the administrators at that site to ask?
Also, you don't provide ANY details...things like version/distro of Linux you're using on your workstation, what the server is running, what kind of environment, firewalls, etc. No details, and no one can help.
