Vinagre can't tunnel VNC to Windows host

[Nick Phillips]

Binary package hint: vinagre

Vinagre fails to set up a tunnel to a Windows host (in my case running freeSSHd), apparently because it sends the command "echo ViNagRE_CHEck; sleep 15" to the remote, assuming it will be a POSIX shell on the other end. It isn't, so the command fails and Vinagre gives "Error creating the SSH tunnel: Permission denied" error message and decides not to connect.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: vinagre 2.30.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 6 10:19:42 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_NZ.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vinagre

[Nick Phillips (nick-phillips)]

OK, maybe that's not the (only) cause - seems that it might be that freeSSHd doesn't try to run the specified command in a shell at all, but just tries to execute it directly.

Either way, it seems a shame that Vinagre can't work without making assumptions about what will or won't be on the other end of an ssh session.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Nick Phillips (nick-phillips)]

On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 20:58 +0000, Pedro Villavicencio wrote:
> Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or
> feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an
> issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May
> you please test with that version and comment back if you're still
> having or not the issue? Please have a look at
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.
> Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.
>
> ** Changed in: vinagre (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: vinagre (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Pretty sure it's still a problem, will check on Monday.
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[Mei (ddouthitt)]

The problem still exists in Ubuntu Maverick (10.10) and Vinagre 2.30.2-1ubuntu1 - the same as the poster almost two years ago. The remote site is WinSSHd 5.26 on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Will this be fixed in Maverick?