> On Dec 8, 2007 8:45 AM, Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> But the with vncviewer doesn't give you the desktop you have on the >> server. >> It creates/initializes another desktop env and give access to it. And Remote >> Desktop gives access to the exact desktop you have opened on the server. So, >> when I connect to the Remote Desktop, it unlocks the screen on the server >> and anybody who is nearby can capture the machine. > > This is what you said the first time and I gave you a work around. > Perhaps implementing an option to keep the desktop blank would be > useful, in the WinDoze world LogMeIn gives you this option, which is > what you may be looking for long-term. Exactly! > In the mean time, if you want privacy, create a virtual, hidden > desktop and then connect to it from were ever you want, from the > server's desktop or a remote system. This would be more secure in a > number of ways including being about to logout, not just lock the > server's desktop at the end of the day without losing your work. I am already using vncviewer this way. But this way, I don't get access to my kopete message queue which is logged in on the original desktop and not in the virtual desktop. > Good luck, > > Brett > ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Kulbir Saini, Computer Science and Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderbad, India - 500032. My Home-Page: http://saini.co.in/ My Institute: http://www.iiit.ac.in/ My Linux-Blog: http://linux.saini.co.in/ My Web-Blog: http://life.saini.co.in/ IRC nick : generalBordeaux Channels : #fedora, #fedora-devel on freenode ------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
