VNC...

In article <UCATe.4109$Ej2.219@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com>, tim@pc-
professionals.net says...
> Two methods:
> Method 1: (SuSE & OES only)
> 1. In yast under Network Services, go to Remote Administration
> 2. Set this option to allow remote administration
> 3. Connect to your server using ipaddyofyourserver:1 and logging in as
> usual.
>
> ***IMPORTANT: If you are running a firewall, make sure that your
> machine has the loopback interface unrestricted (127.0.0.1). Otherwise
> the vnc graphical login screen will not be able to start.
>
> Method 2: (Almost all flavors of Linux)
> 1. Run vncpasswd as the user you wish to log in as to set up your
> password for vnc.
> 2. Run vncserver command to start a vnc session.
> 3. Connect to your server using ipaddyofyourserver:1 and you will be
> logged in as the user that you used to create your password file.
>
> Let me know if this helps.
>
> ~Tim Patterson

Yep - it made me check everything and find that a crap VNC Client on
windows was getting in the way. TightVNC did the job (RealVNC viewer
wouldn't connect).

Cheers,
--
James Dore,
IT Officer,
New College
james.dore@new / it-support@new