Setting Remote Desktop Preferences on Linux Systems
To access the Remote Desktop
preference tool, click Launch, then choose Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Remote Desktop.The Remote Desktop preference tool enables you to share a Desktop
session between multiple users, and to set remote desktop preferences.
Table 7–34 lists the remote desktop preferences
that you can set. These preferences have a direct impact on the security of
your system.
Table 7–34 Remote Desktop Preferences
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Dialog Element
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Description
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Allow other
users to view your desktop
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Select this option to enable remote users to view your
desktop. All keyboard, pointer, and clipboard events from the remote user
are ignored.
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Allow other
users to control your desktop
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Select this option to enable other users to access and
control your desktop from a remote location.
|
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Users
can view your desktop at this web address: web address
|
Click on the web address link to send your system web address by email to
a remote user.
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When
a user tries to view or control your desktop
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Select the following options
to specify the security considerations when a user tries to view or control
your desktop:
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Ask you for confirmation: Select this
option if you want remote users to ask you for confirmation when they want
to share your desktop. This option enables you to be aware of other users
who connect to your desktop. You can also decide what time is suitable for
the remote user to connect to your desktop.
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Ensure the user is using encryption:
Select this option if you require that all clients who connect to your desktop
use encryption. This option is provided so that you can make a policy decision
on whether unencrypted connections are allowed.
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Require the user to enter this password:
Select this option to authenticate the remote user if authentication is used.
This option provides an extra level of security.
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Password
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Enter the password that the client who attempts to view or control your desktop
must enter.
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