Arbitrary Port use - simi solved.

[Tony]

STRCM is free, its been GPL'd and source is there to 'fix' ( but I'm not 
a C++ guy )

I was using VNC back in the Olivetti days, and back then I wasn't aware 
that you could specify
a port ( beyond being relative to teh base port of 5900 )..  It may have 
been possible, but wasn't
documented well enough for me to notice.. 

But now that I know it can be done, the VNC port isnt my issue now .. ( 
and I thank all that let me
know that I can do it .. learn something every day :) )

The reason I'm running into trouble is that when STRCM installs the 
service on the remote machine
it defaults it back to a 59xx port, not the port that I need.

I do realize also that its just an install tool, but due to the audience 
that this is going too, it has
to be a simple tool to install remotely. It also must be un-installed 
remotely just as easily. Being able
top simply type in the address and hit go is about as complex as it can 
be for these people. STRCM
fit this bill perfectly ( and will until SP2 gets rolled out this summer 
and the standard ports are shut down ). 

We also cant ask the users to install it themselves, as there are 
workstaion rights issues, and its
impractical to have our users install things just to get assistance. So 
again, im stuck in the same boat.

If I had my choice, id install it to all the machines, via other routes 
and leave the service enabled
for when the helpdesk needs access. However, that isn't going to be an 
option here so I'm stuck doing
things the 'hard way'.

My next route is just to write my own installer that can deal with the 
'odd' ports.. and be as easy to
use so that the HD guys can handle it.  "type in a user name or ip and 
poof you get a remote screen"



James Weatherall wrote:

>Tony,
>
>It's always been possible to specify (almost) arbitrary ports, even with the
><host>:<port> syntax.  The <port> only has 5900 added to it if it is in the
>range 0-99 - it's assumed in that case to be a display number rather than a
>port.  <host>::<port> overrides that optimisation and forces <port> to be
>treated as a port regardless of its value.
>
>STRCM is a VNC deployment tool, not a replacement for VNC, so you should
>simply be able to use it to install VNC on your systems.  Why would a
>suggested replacement deployment tool need to be free?  STRCM isn't...
>
>Finally, remember that the viewer doesn't need to be installed on systems.
>It can simply be downloaded and run as a stand-alone executable, or the Java
>viewer built in to VNC Server can be used.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On
>Behalf Of Tony
>Sent: 06 May 2005 16:51
>To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
>Subject: Arbitrary Port use - simi solved.
>
>
>Ok, so I hadn't noticed that the ability to specify arbitrary ports had 
>been added.. I know in the old
>days it was just an offset.
>
>Sorry about that all..
>
>Now, my problem comes in that I want to use STRCM to manage the 
>install/uninstall and it still only
>supports port offsets.
>
>This is to be used by HD people for remote support, thus the reason I 
>wanted to use the 'easy installer'
>that STRCM presents Unless someone else knows of something as easy to 
>use.. (and free). And no
>i cant go out and pre-install the client on all our machines due to 
>objections from our security manager.
>-- that would be far to easy.. :(
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