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vncserver xauth: (argv):1: bad display name

hello

i have a remote machine running CentOS that i am trying to connect to with vnc.

when i try to start vncserver on the remote machine through ssh with the command "vncserver :1" i get the following error mesage

Code:

xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "[ip address]:1" in "add" command



New '[ip address]:1 (root)' desktop is [ip address]:1



Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup

Log file is /root/.vnc/[ip address]:1.log

there are a few threads out there similar to this but most make reference to adding the hostsname to the hosts file but this didn't work for me.

only think to note is the the ip address appears with - instead of . i.e. 127-0-0-1 instead of 127.0.0.1

thanks

you can set right machine name in etc/hostes such as
127.0.0.1 name_of_machine localhost

Dear ams1380,

Your replay very helpful for me, today i had same issue.. :)

Thanks,
Abdul.