how to prompt local console only when somebody is logged in?

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

hi everyone!


i did not get an answer to my post a while ago, and i still have not 
worked it out myself, so here it comes again:

i want to run vnc servers as services on all client machines. when a 
user is logged on, the user should be prompted to accept incoming 
connections to ensure his/her privacy. but when nobody is logged on, i 
want to be able to connect without the local prompt.

the reason is i'm trying to use wake-on-lan, and it takes all the fun 
out of remote administration if you have to rush through the halls and 
click "accept" on the user machine, all in 8 seconds after connecting :)


come on, i can't be the only one with this problem...
i'd try to hack it in myself, but i don't have a windows compile 
toolchain, and although i still don't know much about windows internals, 
it's already more than i ever cared to know....

rtfms welcome if you kindly include a pointer to the fm :)


best,

jvrn


Jvrn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> hi vnc folks!
> 
> 
> first of all, huge kudos to all contributors for a really smooth piece 
> of software, and for sharing your work under the gpl!
> 
> 
> i'm planning to use realvnc both as a helpdesk and remote administration 
> tool.
> 
> it's very important for me that my users don't feel they are being spied 
> on, so i configured all servers on the windows 2k clients to display a 
> prompt before accepting an incoming vnc request.
> 
> unfortunately, even when nobody is logged in, the prompt is displayed, 
> although there is no danger of privacy invasion now. this prevents me 
> from using realvnc as a remote admin tool in combination with wake-on-lan.
> 
> i'm almost certain this is a faq, but neither a web search nor the 
> archives have provided a clue - probably a case of Badly Worded Search 
> Request(tm).
> 
> if i'm really the first to ask this, how difficult can it be to add this 
> little conditional before prompting, and have the developers thought 
> about doing so?
> 
> best regards,
> 
> jvrn
> 
> 
> 


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Jvrn Nettingsmeier, EDV-Administrator
Institut f|r Politikwissenschaft
Universitdt Duisburg-Essen, Standort Duisburg
Mail: pol-admin "at" uni-duisburg.de, Telefon: 0203/379-2736