REsolved: [ale] Q: Enabling VNC into Fedora-C3

[Mills, John M.]

ALErs-

The lockout was at 'iptables'. I opened ports 5901-15 to incoming tcp and we
can now use VNC to the box. I'll try SSH tunneling, but this gets us
started.

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

 - John Mills

-----Original Message-----
From: Mills, John M. [mailto:Mills.J at ems-t.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:37 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (E-mail)
Subject: [ale] Q: Enabling VNC into Fedora-C3

jm> Connections are being refused (actually, 'Host is unreachable') when I
try
jm> to connect via VNC to a newly installed Fedora-C3 setup. I can connect
by
jm> SSH or 'ping' the box, but not open a vncviewer against it. I set the
jm> 'Remote desktop' options to allow 'vncviewer' access, but that didn't
help.

jm> What's the magic here? Do I have to tweak the firewall?
   Er, yep.