Hi Jeremy, > Now, how can I configure the firewall to accept > vnc connections without turning it off? you need a rule such as $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -d <linuxmachine> --destination-port 5901 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT (all one line) and something like $IPTABLES -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT where $IPTABLES is the path to the iptables binary. > And how can I get vncserver to > start on boot? In Red Hat you have a file /etc/sysconfig/vncservers. There you can put the servers in that should be started by the vncserver initscript. The syntax is: VNCSERVERS="1:<username>" to start a vncserver as user <username> on display 1. Then you have to enable vncserver in your initscripts with the graphical tool or chkconfig. That should bring it up automatically at boot. -volker
