some simple questions on VNC

[John Summerfield]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 09:43:11 -0500 (EST)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> 
>> should i have expected that?  there's nothing in the man page for
>> vncviewer that remotely suggests a "::" variation.  (this is all based
>> on the stock f8 vnc packages -- no tightvnc tests yet.)
> 
> I don't think I've ever seen :: in the man page either, but I did see
> it in some web pages when looking up how to forward through ssh, and
> it is useful there if you forward to a local port number that isn't
> in the 59xx range. The results you got would tend to suggest that
> vncviewer will try with and without adding 5900 if you use a single :,
> but it only tries the specific port number if you use a double ::
> (and of course the tightvnc viewer may act different than the realvnc
> viewer).
> 

I think it's worth troubling BZ. One time I wanted to connect to a 
server outside the official port range (trying to get an Apple desktop 
which, it was said, used a variation on VNC). I overcame it with ssh and 
port forwarding, but :: would have been neater.

I wonder whether something can go between the colons?

For the curious, connecting to the Apple did not work, it used an 
Applescqe authorisation scheme. I have done it since though.

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Cheers
John

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