SSH and VNC

[Benjamin J. Weiss]

Dave,

Check out http://www.benjamin.weiss.name/putty-tunnel.html

It's a step-by-step tutorial on getting a windows box talking to a RedHat
linux box using vnc over ssh.  I don't know what flavor you're running, but
it should help.

Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave T." <davidlt77@hotmail.com>
To: <vnc-list@realvnc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: SSH and VNC


> 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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