Networks linux build your own server help please!

i opened the terminal, without sudo su, then i vncpasswd ~/.vnc/passwd and ended up with

server@server-desktop:~$ vncpasswd ~/.vnc/passwd
Password:
Verify:
Couldn't open /home/server/.vnc/passwd for writing


i used all of the passwords i would have used and the same error keeps appearing??

Thanks

Dave

 

Does that file definitely exist?
try cat /home/server/.vnc/passwd

do you get any out put?

 

Try:

Code:

mkdir ~/.vnc

 

i entered that and ended up with No such file or directory,

when i enter gliders code as this (hopefully it is right) server@server-desktop:~$ mkdir ~/.vnc


nothing happens

thanks Dave

 

Something does happen, it creates the directory (like it says in your error)...

Try adding the password again

 

thanks i managed to get past this error and add the new pass word by following the steps you gave me,
i then think i got past the making of the script as the file is there, but when i enter the next command sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/sharex11vnc i get No such file or directory

Many thanks again for you help,

Dave

 

Well, you created the script, but where did you save it?

 

thanks glider, must have saved it in the wrong place

But it is all working now and i am just about to setup the windows side of things

will keep you posted

Thanks

Dave

 

i spoke to soon
after setting up putty fine, i installed vnc on my windows pc i use the viewer and type in localhost:0 however instead of a password box i am given an error message

connection failed- error reading protocol version,

any ideas on what i need to change to get it to work

Thanks

Dave

 

Could be a number of things...

Can you post the output of:

Code:

netstat -taunp | grep 5900
dpkg -l | grep vnc

and the version of your VNC client (on the Windows machine)

 

i copied the code and heres what happened, server@server-desktop:~$ netstat -taunp | grep 5900
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
server@server-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep vnc
ii libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 0.3.4-0ubuntu2 A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (runtime libraries)
ii libvncserver0 0.9.3.dfsg.1-1ubuntu1 API to write one's own vnc server
ii vnc4-common 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7 Virtual network computing server software
ii x11vnc 0.9.3.dfsg.1-1ubuntu1 VNC server to allow remote access to an existing X session
server@server-desktop:~$

im using ultravnc 1.0.5

Thanks
Dave

 

Try this viewer.

 

no luck either it says connection established, then connection closed in another pop up????

 

Here are some other clients: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#downloading

Altough I don't think it's a client problem. Are you entering the correct password?

 

i dont even get chance to enter a password thats the annoying thing, il try some other hosts, no luck with them either, any more ideas???
Thanks
Dave