-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We've already done this kind of work with the vnc-X-session project. You can check it out at http://www.pcxperience.org/thinclientdevel.html at the bottom of the page.
John McCreesh wrote: > I think the guys at netproject http://www.netproject.com have done > something like this in the open-source world, where users can move > seamlessly from one workstation to another. Sun's SunRays are something > similar in the proprietary world. > > John > > On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 22:12:33 +0100 > "roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi Terminalguys :) >> >>I already posted this mail to the vnc mailinglist - but I think a posting >>here will give me more feedback about this. As far as I can see, the >>"roaming Desktop" feature in Thin Computing with Linux is still to be done. >>With X itself, we have no option - it would be VERY difficult to implement, >>because how should one tell the X-App that the User "moved" from Terminal A >>to Terminal B ? Perhaps some sort of "X-Proxy" would be an option - but I >>think, the most compromising approach for this, is to enhance VNC for that >>purpose. >>Please give me feedback, what you think. >>Since i`m sysadmin/sysengineer i`m not very good in programming, but if >>there is interest, I would at least try to start and maintain a project, >>which aims at giving "session management" (and loadbalancing???...) feature >>to VNC. >> >>regards >>Roland >> >> >> >>---------------- >> >>hello! >> >>i`m using a setup of xvnc under inetd and kdm control, so each user can >>connect and 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. (unfortunately i`m >>awful bad programmer, otherwise i would do that myself :) >> >>regards >>roland >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! >>Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and >>the chance of winning an Apple iPod: >>http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en >>_____________________________________________________________________ >>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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