[Techtalk] Re: [Newchix] VNC Question - translating instructions

[Walt]

Jennifer Davis wrote:
>         I was trying to gain access to VNC from my home PC.  Now I only can
>get out through ports 23, 80 and whatever ftp uses.  Since I have shut down
>23 for a while (maybe forever) I was wondering if I could use that for a VNC
>connection.  It appears that I can, but I just don't understand the
>instructions.  Can anyone translate?  I assume I just need to tell the
>client and the server to listen and talk on port 23.  I guess it's just how?
>  <...>


 From what I can gather from the instructions,
you simply need to tell the client:

     vncviewer <hostname>:-5877

because -5877+5900=23, the port you want it on.

However, the server needs to be accepting
connections on that port. And unfortunately,
when I run:

     vncserver :-5877

it just gives me the usage info, as if it's an invalid
option, but:

     vncserver :23

puts it on port 5923, just as the docs say it should.
Somehow, methinks, you need to escape the negative
so that it gets passed through to vncserver, but I
don't know how to do that! :-/

Hopefully someone else can help?


Walt

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