hello! i`m using a setup of xvnc under inetd and kdm control, so each user can connect an get`s his own desktop. noone has to "fiddle around" with dedicated port-numbers, which he has to connect to. this makes the "linux terminal server alterative" become somewhat realitiy, but unfortunaly, we loose the "preserve session state"-feature of vnc here, because each time the user closes vncviewer, the serving xvnc process dies. see very good docs at: http://www.sourcecodecorner.com/articles/vnc/linux.asp
I wonder, if there is anybody around, thinking of implementing a layer of "session management" into vnc, that users can reconnect to (one of) his previously established and disconnected session(s). This would make the "roaming desktop" possible - without the need, to assign dedicated port numbers to users and pre-spawning xnvc processes for ALL of them. It could be done by adding a "dispatcher" in front (or inside?) xvnc which is able to manage sessions previously established. sure, some sort of authentication needs to be done at this level, because the only reasonable way to re-establish sessions and to route it to the appropriate client, is to get known, WHO is reconnecting. I administer citrix servers, which have this feature - when the user reconnects he is routed to his old session. if he has more than one disconnected session, he can choose, which he wants to re-establish. I also have some experience with sunray terminals - which have this feature in "2 flavours". The user is able to re-establish a disconnected session by entering login/password OR by using a smartcard (whereas the sunray x-server process[==xvnc] is "bound" to a smartcard - so the user inserts his smartcard at any terminal and gets back his personal desktop) are there any solutions around or is there any work in progress, implementing this with vnc ? i`m really shure this IS possible with reasonable effort. (unfurtunately i`m awful bad programmer, otherwise i would do that myself :) regards roland _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
