vnc woes (Windows -> Linux)

[James Weatherall]

KJ,

"Connection rejected by user" means that the VNC Server is configured to
prompt the local user of the computer on which it is running to accept the
connection.  If they don't accept it, or if they explicitly reject it,
you'll see this message.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of kynn "at" panix.com
> Sent: 03 March 2005 05:49
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: vnc woes (Windows -> Linux)
> 
> Hi.  I'm trying to get a vnc connection going between a Windows-based
> vnc4 server at work and a (Debian) Linux-based xvnc4viewer client at
> home.
> 
> Once enter the password the connection to the server on the Windows
> host is successfully established, but it dies immediately with the
> error "Connection rejected by user" reported client-side.  I assume
> that the reference to "user" in the error message means that it was
> the client-side machine that killed the connection.  I figured this
> may have something to do with my home machine's firewall, but when I
> look at my log files I see no mention of any connection attempts
> rejected by the firewall at times even remotely matching those of my
> login attempts.  How can I troubleshoot this problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> kj
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