Re: VNC module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Stephen Lee wrote:
> I was trying out the vnc module under a Webmin 1.08 session. First
> question I have is whether the vnc session is encrypted if I access

No, the module uses an applet that makes a normal VNC connection, 
which is not encrypted - even when webmin is in SSL mode.

> webmin via ssl? Second question is how do I resolve the following error
> message in the vnc log:
> 
> 05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 05/04/03 12:00:50   URL http://localhost:5801
> AUDIT: Sat Apr  5 12:00:51 2003: 15699 Xvnc: client 1 rejected from
> local host
>   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Error opening display!

Sounds like a client run by a different Unix user tried to connect to 
the X server. Does this happen for other VNC clients as well? If so, 
it's not really a webmin problem ..

  - Jamie