On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:11, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > Hey, > Caolán and I have been working on prototyping a VNC based terminal > services system which also allows hot-desking. > > The idea is that we allow GDM to accept VNC connections, spawn a VNC > server for each new connection and display a login screen. The user then > authenticates through the login screen as normal and GDM starts a new > session on the VNC server. However, if you then close your VNC client, > the session doesn't go away. GDM continues to manage that session. > > You may then go to a different terminal, the server will spawn off a > new VNC server with a login screen through which you log in. However, > once you log in, GDM detects that you already have a session running and > switches you to your original session rather than starting a new > session. How are you handling device ownership for the hosting machine? I presume the vnc-connected hosts are not getting perms to cdroms and soundcards and what-not. Will any of this be functional to implement limited user-session switching a la XP or OSX? Thanks, -sv
