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Old 09-12-2012, 07:19 AM   #1
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Hi i have installed vncserver on my fedora machine and performed the following

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vi /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
#added the following on the bottom of file
VNCSERVERS="3:sah"
VNCSERVERARGS[3]="-geometry 1000x700"
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under user sah i performed the following task
[sah@fedora8 ~]$ vncpasswd
Password:
Verify:
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service iptables stop
Still i am unable to connect to the vncserver from my windows machine using vnc client. Please suggest anything else needed to be done. Which log file i should refer to approach the problem.
 
Old 09-12-2012, 08:37 AM   #2
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you need to see that there is actually a process running and listening on that port. "netstat -plnt" as root is what I'd look at to check.
 
Old 09-13-2012, 01:51 AM   #3
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you need to see that there is actually a process running and listening on that port. "netstat -plnt" as root is what I'd look at to check.
Here is the result: I checked the status first then tried to start but it says it is already started.

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[root@fedora8 ~]# service vncserver status
Xvnc is stopped
[root@fedora8 ~]# service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 3:sah A VNC server is already running as :3
[FAILED]
[root@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep -i vnc
[root@fedora8 ~]#
[root@fedora8 ~]# service vncserver status
Xvnc is stopped
 
Old 09-13-2012, 02:01 AM   #4
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probably grep -i vnc is not applicable here, you need to check the port 5903. see: http://ubl.cim3.org/~lcsc/collaborat...ivity_faq.html
 
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Old 09-13-2012, 02:22 AM   #5
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probably grep -i vnc is not applicable here, you need to check the port 5903. see: http://ubl.cim3.org/~lcsc/collaborat...ivity_faq.html
Thanks this worked fine.I was able to kill it with the pid
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t@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep 5903
tcp 0 0 :::5903 :::* LISTEN 1618/xinetd
[root@fedora8 ~]# kill 9 1618
-bash: kill: (9) - No such process
[root@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep 5903
 
Old 09-13-2012, 04:12 AM   #6
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However the issue is resolved I have a doubt that port 5903 was listening to xinetd.
I killed the process and started vncserver. Following are the result pre and post kill.
My question here is why was the port 5903 was occupied by xinetd and after killing the process when i started vncserver the port was occupied by Xvnc. What is xinetd and why does it run on vncserver port?

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t@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep 5903
tcp 0 0 :::5903 :::* LISTEN 1618/xinetd
[root@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep 5903
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[root@fedora8 ~]# service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 3:sah
New 'fedora8.example.com:3 (sah)' desktop is fedora8.example.com:3

Starting applications specified in /home/sah/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /home/sah/.vnc/fedora8.example.com:3.log

[ OK ]
[root@fedora8 ~]# netstat -plnt |grep 5903
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5903 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2062/Xvnc

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Old 09-13-2012, 04:14 AM   #7
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xinetd is a superserver, it listens on behalf of typically noddy services and loads them on demand. telnet, tftp and rsh often use it. If you look in /etc/xinetd.d/ you'll see all the configs for the services potentially using it.
 
  


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