Version problem?

[Brandon Ibach]

Quoting John Oliver <joliver "at" oliver.escondido.ca.us>:
> I grabbed the latest version of VNC off the web site (3.3.3r1).  Tried
> to go to an NT box running, apparently, an older version of VNC, and got
> this:
> 
> [joliver "at" joliver joliver]$ /usr/local/vnc/vncviewer
> VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3)
> VNC authentication failed
> 
> So I asked someone who can access this host for a copy of their
> vncviewer, and got the same problem!  My machine is Mandrake Linux 7.0,
> mostly out-of-the-box, and the target is an NT 4 machine.  The message
> *looks* like it's saying my viewer is too new!  What's up with that?
> 
   According to the output above, the server and viewer are both 3.3,
so it doesn't seem to be a mismatch.  I'd guess that you have a
vncviewer password file there with the wrong password.  If it isn't
prompting you for a password, then it must be using one from the file.

-Brandon :)

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