Re: vnc problem: unable to connect to vnc server

[Giulio Morgan <mickle@panix.com>]

Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu> writes:

> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> 
> > I am trying, unsuccessfully, to make a VNC connection from Windows98 (office of
> > my client) to my woody machine.

> 
> The text you see in ~/.vnc/passwd is the encrypted form of the password
> you assigned the connection - something is very wrong if you can enter the
> encrypted password and gain access to the X11 session.
> 
> Try running vncpasswd to re-assign your password.
> 

Thank you Phil, that was it!. Now, one more question, how do I make the
connection "through an ssh tunnel" (I can make a "terminal" ssh connection -
via putty - I just don't know how to use ssh to connect to the vnc
server). Thanks again

Peter

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Giulio Morgan
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