How to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux system firewall to allow incoming VNC connections?
Issue
- Which ports are used by vncserver ?
- How to check the port used by vncserver ?
- How to configure the firewall (iptables) to allow incoming VNC connections ?
- How to restrict VNC Access from specific host or Subnet ?
- Facing issue while connecting with VNC server. Getting error:
"Timed out waiting for a response from the host computer." - How to restrict VNC Access to a LAN subnet ?
- Why I am getting error while trying to connect vnc server:
"unable to connect to host: Connection timed out(10060)"?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
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