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graysky

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From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,597

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entry in /etc/hosts.allow for insecure VNC?

I read the ssh wiki article which teaches to add an entry to /etc/hosts.allow for sshd.  I am know that tunneling vnc through sshd is the way to go security wise, however, there are cases where I need to switch on un-encrypted vnc for the purposes of sharing my X11 session with family members.  Anyway, my question deals with an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow for gnome's desktop sharing (which is vnc as I understand it).  Does anyone know the syntax to allow vnc for any incoming connection (default port of 5900).

I have tried:

vino: ALL
Xvnc: ALL
X11vnc: ALL

None of which worked.

Thanks!

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kjon

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From: Temuco, Chile

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 398

Re: entry in /etc/hosts.allow for insecure VNC?

when I don't know what's the name of the process listening to specific port, I always execute

netstat -tnlp

to get the proper processes' names.

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graysky

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From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,597

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Re: entry in /etc/hosts.allow for insecure VNC?

@kjon - thank you.  This worked just fine (the name of the process for x11vnc is tcp if anyone is interested).

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