Hey, "caprice of the silicon gods" has a nice ring to it. Methinks it would make a great title for a book ;)
-----Original Message----- From: Ted Shab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: AuthRequired on Win2K Well, I tried it on another machine and it worked - something in the registry gunk may be causing the problem. Otherwise, these are identical machines, so I'm sorry to say it seems to be caprice of the silicon gods. Thanks for the help, anyway. Best, Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex K. > Angelopoulos > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AuthRequired on Win2K > > > You've done everything correctly according to the explicit > documentation; I just > did a check through it to see if I could spot discrepancies. > > I have yet to see any out-and-out errors in the documentation; > however, some > things are obscure or not well documented. > > At this point I think I would try logging both client and server > side of the > connection at somewhere around level 10. We should see something > coming back > telling us what the VNC Server is saying to the client which will > give us a > context for what it thinks is happening. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ted Shab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-29 20:26 > Subject: RE: AuthRequired on Win2K > > > > Alex, > > > > Yes, it is in the location you specified, and I searched for other > > passwords, but they were all (zero-length binary value), as well. > > > > Maybe I'm missing something: > > > > I've: > > > > a. Added the AuthRequired DWORD with a 0 value > > b. Changed the Password BINARY to a value that comes up as (zero-length > > binary value) in the registry under data. > > c. Started the VNC Service. > > > > Tried to connect using both the Java applet or the VNC Client, > and I just ok > > the blank password, but this doesn't work. I know in the Java > applet code, > > there is a portion of the protocol where if it comes up NoAuth > required it > > doesn't even present the password dialog - so I think I missing > something > > here. > > > > Also, when I start the VNC Server as an application, it bawks and says I > > have to set a password. > > > > Any advice? > > > > Best, > > > > Ted > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex K. > > > Angelopoulos > > > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:45 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: AuthRequired on Win2K > > > > > > > > > Ted, > > > > > > Just to double-check - did you create the value in the > following location? > > > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ > > > > > > It is supposed to be a local machine-specific setting, so it > > > takes effect there. > > > > > > > > > Since you probably did so, I would check to see if you have a > > > password set in > > > any of the following locations: > > > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\Default\ > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\<your-username>\ > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ > > > > > > Depending on how you are running it, a password could be > > > configured in any of > > > those locations. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ted Shab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-29 16:31 > > > Subject: AuthRequired on Win2K > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I can't get AuthRequired = 0 to work on Win2K. I've added this > > > entry as a > > > > dword, and set it's value to 0 (and 1), as the > documentation says, plus > > > > cleared the password from the registry, but when I run either the > > > > application or the service, it still forces me to enter a password. > > > > > > > > We are on a local subnet behind a firewall, with non-routable > > > ip addresses. > > > > We have a "share all" computers policy - so there really isn't > > > a security > > > > issue here. > > > > > > > > Can someone determine what I might be doing wrong here? > > > > > > > > I'm using the latest installer, have sp2 on Windows2000. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much in advance. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Ted > > > > > > > > Ted Shab > > > > Computer Scientist/SAIC > > > > NASA Ames Research Center > > > > 269-3 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 > > > > 650-604-4830 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
