Desktop
Sharing
The Desktop
Sharing
preference tool enables you to share a
n Oracle Solaris
Desktop session
among
multiple users
and to set session-sharing preferences.
The following table lists the session-sharing preferences that you can
set. These preferences have a direct
effect on the security of your system.
Table 10-5 Session Sharing Preferences
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Allow other users to view your desktop
| Enables remote users to view your session. All keyboard, pointer, and
clipboard events from the remote user are ignored.
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Allow other users to control your desktop
| Enables others to access and control your session from a remote location.
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Security
| Determines the security methods when a user tries to view or control your
session: You must confirm each access to this machine – Displays
a confirmation dialog when a user attempts to connect to your desktop. Deselect
this option if you want to remotely connect to your own desktop.
Require the user to enter this password – Specifies
that a password must be provided by a remote user to access your desktop.
You must set a password for your desktop.
Configure network automatically to accept connections –
Enables users to access your desktop over the Internet. If this option is
not selected, users will only be able to access your desktop through the local
network.
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Notification Area
| Determines
when to display a Remote Desktop icon in the notification area of the desktop
panel: Always display an icon – Displays an icon whenever your
desktop is available to share, even if no remote users are connected.
Only display an icon when there is somebody connected –
Displays an icon only when remote users are connected to your desktop.
Never display an icon – Does not display an icon even
when one or more remote users are connected.
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