> I have a Linux and a NT box. Running VNC as a server on the Linux and VNC as > viewer in listen mode on the NT. There are no problems connection each other > as server or viewer. But now, I do not understand the following. > > Connecting to the Linux box with SSH and making a reverse connection with > > vncconnect -display linux:1.0 winnt > > Works fine! > > Running an X-server on the NT and displaying a xterm window on the NT box > and then giving the same command, gives the following error: > > Xlib: connection to "linux:1.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect ot Server > vncconnect: unable to open display "linux:1.0" > > Why can't vncconnect, running in the shell displayed in a xterm window on my > Windows NT's X-server, connect to that VNC server still running fine on the > Linux box? > > Is this a question of operating system security? Isn't that possible and > why? Where is the difference in running vncconnect in a SSH connection shell and > the xterm shell? I think there must be a simple explanation but I could not > figure out... Let me make sure I understand exactly what you are doing. You said you are running an X server on NT, and displaying an xterm window on the NT box. By this do you mean you are using SSH on NT to connect to Linux, then running an xterm on Linux which displays on NT? With that setup, I can do the reverse connection with VNC just fine. Dan Fulbright --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
