Re-connecting to a Server after rebooting using VNC.

[Carey, Jason]

Thanks for your speedy reply Wez.  Basically the problem is when I reboot
the server from my PC using VNC, the VNC connection drops.  If I try to
re-establish the connection it displays a "Failed to connect to server",
message.  The only workaround I have for this is to go to the server and log
on locally and manually start the VNC service at a command promt, or set up
a batch file and put it in the Starup folder.  There is no Service for VNC
in Control Panel/Sevices that starts automatically at boot up.  That's why I
used AutoexNT.exe.  

Cheers
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: James ''Wez'' Weatherall [mailto:jnw22 "at" cam.ac.uk]
Sent: 08 September 2000 11:39
To: Carey, Jason
Subject: Re: Re-connecting to a Server after rebooting using VNC.


Firstly, please don't send queries of this kind directly to the VNC authors.
Please use vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com.

That said, I'm afraid I don't understand what it is you've done.  Why are
you using AutoexNT?  What's wrong with just having WinVNC install itself as
a service?  That will cause WinVNC to start automatically at boot time.

The message you're getting indicates that no Default password is set for the
machine.  You need to use Default Properties to set one.

James "Wez" Weatherall
--
          "The path to enlightenment is /usr/bin/enlightenment"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carey, Jason" <Jason.Carey "at" compaq.com>
To: <jnw "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:17 AM
Subject: Re-connecting to a Server after rebooting using VNC.


> Hello Wez.  I am writing to you to ask you some advice on the VNC
software.
> By the way it's a great utility.  The thing is, I've installed it on a NT
> 4.0 Server here, and I want to be able to reboot the server remotely.  Now
I
> know that the connection is lost when you reboot a remote machine so I've
> created a new service on the server using  AutoexNT.exe which starts the
> autoexNT.bat during system start up (into which I entered the "start
winvnc"
> command), this means you don't need to go down to then server and login to
> start the "winvnc" service to establish a connection.  I have already
given
> the service a password and can connect to it normally once I've logged in,
> but if I reboot the server remoteley and try to connect again it gives me
> the following error message:  -VNC Info "This server does not have a valid
> password enabled.  Until a password is set, incoming connections cannot be
> accepted.."-  Can you tell me how to set up a password according to this
> message?  If so I would really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks and regards.
>
> Jason Carey
> System Engineer
> Information Management
> Compaq Eastpoint
> PH: (01) 818 4473
> Mobile: 087 4174 922
> E-Mail:  jason.carey "at" compaq.com
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