RE: This server does not have a valid password enabled

[Michael H. <hen...@ex...>]

Just to report back : I'm still getting this error, and I've checked out the notes previously posted by Constatin about
default passwords, and they are definitely set. Also, all the occasions when this has happened so far, the PC in question has
been already logged in, so the default password shouldn't have applied anyway.

The problem is intermittent, but frequent enough that I'll have to roll back to 1.3.6 unless someone has something to suggest
that may help...

MH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hennessy [mailto:hen...@ex...]
> Sent: Monday, 11 September 2006 13:25
> To: 'vnc...@li...'
> Subject: RE: This server does not have a valid password enabled
>
>
> For what its worth, I've started seeing this on my first
> 1.3.8 installs - both were on new machines with XPproSP2,
> both installs were set to run as a service.
>
> Both ran fine for a day or so, and then connecting in gave
> this "This server does not have a valid password enabled" error.
>
> I remotely restarted the winvnc service, and then could
> connect to both of them.
>
> It has happened intermittently on both machines again since
> this first time, and the same fix - ie to stop and restart
> the winvnc service, fixes it.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this with 1.3.8?
>
> MH
>
> > -----Original Message----->
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:13:52 +0200
> > From: Jan Eri <ja...@pr...>
> > Subject: 1.3.8: This server does not have a valid password enabled
> > To: vnc...@li...
> > Message-ID: <450...@pr...>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > I have installed TightVNC 1.3.8 server on a Windows 2000 (SP4, user
> > Administrator) system making the following choices (otherwise
> > default):
> >
> > - Server only (not viewer)
> > - Ticked "Register new TightVNC server as a system service"
> > - Ticked "Start or restart TightVNC service"
> >
> > Then, when the configuration screen is displayed at the end of the
> > installation phase:
> >
> > - I entered a "Primary password" that I would like to use
> > - I tick "Ports" and enter my preferred "main port"
> >
> > When I install and run the viewer from the same package (on
> a another
> > system, Windows XP) and try to connect to this server, I get
> > this message:
> >
> > "TightVNC info: This server does not have a valid password enabled.
> > Until a password is set, incoming connections cannot be accepted."
> >
> > Based on previous experience, I believe I can make this work
> > by fiddling
> > with settings (I have to return to the site of the server
> first). But
> > what am I doing wrong, what is missing in my description
> > above? I _have_
> > entered an 8 character "Primary password".
> >
> > regards,
> > Jan
> >
> >
> >
>