Finally, success. It turns out, I didn't have to enter any password at all. I know, I'm an idiot because I didn't try that in the beginning. Thanks for reminding me Jim. I still haven't got the tightVNC viewer to work, but I'm not worried about that right now. Thanks everyone for your patience and help.
The only thing I have done in Yast is enabled VNC which I thougt was remote administration. Then I opened VNC on the firewall. If it's not, remote administration, I have been on the wrong track. Ultimatly I want to be able to administer a server remotly in the office by seeing its desktop using either a web browser or another client. If your familiar with Radmin for Window, a feature like that. Radmin uses viewer instead of a web browser. Either way, I don't care.
On Friday 04 March 2005 16:06, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote:
I enable remote VNC in Yast and changed the firewall to allow VNC. I then rebooted the server just to be safe because it said I had to "rcxdm restart" from a console. I then tried to access the server using Firefox, which has Java enabled, by typing http://servername:5801
At that point i'm asked for a VNC password. Try just hitting OK, without a password. That should get you to your normal login screen, where you will enter your machines username and password. Works
On Friday 04 March 2005 4:00 pm, a.bridge@insightbb.com wrote: that way for me on both suse 8..2 and 9.1. Not sure what prompts VNC to request a password, esp. one that is null.
Depending on what you are trying to do, you might find it better to connect via a VNC client to VNC server directly. I use Real VNC on Win boxes, but Tight works, and Ultra should. If you are on a local net just type in the IP address to the remote box, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5901
You can also use this from outside (internet) but it's not secure. You can do this securely by logging in using SSH, and port forwarding VNC to connect using the VNC client. Works from anywhere you have decent Internet. This is MUCH better that desktop sharing.
Hope this helps.
Jim Flanagan linuxjim@jjfiii.com
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