VNC Authentication Failure: Unexplainable!

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Chris Woods wrote:

> I've been using vnc a bit now, and it has been a boon to my remote
> development. I've been using it primarily with the client running on
> my NT machine, the server running on my Solaris box. However, I have
> recently tried running the server on another NT machine, and running
> the client either on my NT station, or on the unix machine. It works
> if I leave the "Password" field on the server blank, leaving it open
> to all. If I try to configure it to use a password, authentication
> fails, universally.
> 
> I don't have a capslock key problem, I'm assuming it's case-sensitive, 
> etc. -- I've tried all the typical newbie things I could think of.
> 
> Any ideas? There's nothing in the FAQ about this either.

There was a thread on the list. If your password is >7 characters you are
in trouble. Due to the different style in handling of longer passwords on
different platforms.

Hugo.

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