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I have installed tightvnc and openssh on a xubuntu server.
I am trying to debug why I get 'permission denied' error when I try to login from a remote machine.
On server:
vncserver
>>New 'X' desktop is ServerName:1
>>Starting applications specified in /home/user/.vnc/xstartup
On remote machine:
ssh user@serveripadress works fine and I can login
On remote machine:
ssh -L 5910:127.0.0.1:5901 -N -f -l user serveripaddress
fails with 'permission denied' after typing password for tightvnc
On server:
ssh -L 5910:127.0.0.1:5901 -N -f -l user localhost
at password prompt I used the tightvnc password and got 'permission denied' (I also tried the user password with same response).
Server firewall rules
...
5901 ALLOW IN remoteipaddress
22 ALLOW IN remoteipaddress
...
Server VNC listening port:
lsof -i -P | grep -i "listen" | grep Xvnc
Xvnc 2229 user 5u IPv4 37691 0t0 TCP localhost:5901 (LISTEN)
As I can login via ssh, and the vncserver is running I am not clear why I cant login to the vnc session