SSH and VNC

[jackb@guppy.us]

Normally the first VNC port is 5900 that would map to unix_host:0

On 17 Jun 2003 at 11:58, Dave T. wrote:

> I've read a gazillion posts in the archives, but I haven't found my
> answer.  Following is what I am doing from my Windows SSH client:
> 
> ssh -L 5954:unix_host:5904 unix_host
> 
> The UNIX host is an SSH server, and I get a connection.
> 
> Then, on my PC, I have tried to run all of the following, with no
> success:
> 
> vncviewer unix_host:54
> vncviewer unix_host:4
> vncviewer unix_host:04
> vncviewer unix_host:1
> 
> My understanding was that the first one would work, but none of these
> work.  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Dave
> 
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