Hi there,

> When I start a vnc server enabling others to share the session using a
> common password, I would like to being able to switch between active
> and passive participants. I could imagine different modes of operation:
>
> 1) one active user - many observer
> 2) many active users (sending mouse/keyboard events) - many observer
> 3) all active users

With a stock vnc installation, there is no way to do this that I am aware
of.

I am curious - are you running a Windows vnc server, where all
participants see the same remote desktop? It's my understanding that with
a *nix vnc server, each client gets their own desktop.

If you are running a Windows server, in the many/all active user cases, do
you want different participants' mouse and key strokes to be combined by
the vnc server? Or do you want one participant to control the server at a
time?

I ask because I am a graduate student doing research in this area. As a
part of the research, I have been modifying the Windows vnc 3.3.7 server
and client to support multiple clients, but only with one client in
control at a time. The other clients can observe, ask for control, and
get it, in a manner similar to Microsoft NetMeeting.

andrew.


Andrew Chan
M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
University of British Columbia, Canada
www.cs.ubc.ca/~chana
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