From: "John DeCarlo" <jdecarlo@xxxxxxxxx> > Frank Rehwinkel wrote: > > > Found that if I disable the firewall completely, via > > > > system-config-securitylevel > > > > the vncviewer from the WinXP box works. Can someone > > point me to a description of the firewall features > > in FC2 (or at least for FC1) so I can see what needs > > to be done to keep open the vnc tcp ports (5900+) > > while > > having the firewall otherwise enabled? > > I had the same problem. Decided to edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables (after > making a backup first). I just duplicated the line for port 80 and > changed the 80 to a 5901. Now everything works just fine. > > Of course it would be more secure to tunnel the VNC session over ssh, > but if you aren't worried about security (all on your local LAN), this > should help. And the easy way to use PuTTY to tunnel VNC over ssh: http://www.benjamin.weiss.name/putty-tunnel.html Ben
