Puzzling VNC client problem

[Ingecom - SERRE Jean-Christophe]

Levy Rami-ERL005 <Rami.Levy "at" motorola.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been experiencing a similar situation to one reported on the list a few
> days ago, relating to a failed connection with a T_DISCONNECT message. I've
> noticed that whenever my PC (NT 4.0) is rebooted (which happens often ;-(),
> the VNC password seems to not be recognized. I have it set up so that the
> VNC server runs as a service, and starts at a restart. 
> 
> The workaround is to delete the password and overwrite it, apply and close.
> That normally gets rid of the problem. Of course if you're not at your local
> (server) machine to do this, trying to connect remotely will not work...
> 
> Seems to be a bug in VNC server 3.3.3r2, but not sure if it's a problem in
> 3.3.3r7.
> 
> Point is, it may not be a problem on the connecting client (viewer) side, as
> was alluded to in one of the replies. I've confirmed this by connecting from
> a Mac, PC, and UNIX client with the same results.

I've no such trouble with 3.3.3R2 on NT4. Not sure if that's your
problem, but after you reboot your NT, VNC will use the password from
"Default settings" instead of the one from "User settings" if:

1-The NT doesn't autologin after reboot
  (i.e., NT remains on login screen)
2-Or if Service Helper hasn't been autorun
  (i.e., NT is logged but there's no VNC tray-icon visible)

Try setting password "one" in Default Settings, password "two" in User
Settings, reboot NT as in your trouble scenario and then retry to
connect using both passwords -- if one works, you'll know from where
your trouble comes...

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