Using VNC with SSH

[William Hooper]

Rachan Malhotra  said:
[snip]
> ssh -L 5807:localhost:5807 servername
> Then, I open an IE window on my laptop and type the following in the
> URL: http://localhost:5807 <http://localhost:5807/>
> It shows me the VNC authentication page. I give it the password but then
> it shows an error: Network error: could not connect to server:
> localhost:5907
            ^^^^

You need to forward both ports to use the built in http server.

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William Hooper