Hi Jim, I can certainly understand that. I love simplification, but I don't like to lose function. The reason we need this feature is this: We have a default password setup for IT staff, and typically no one else needs to have access. However, we occasionally have a user who has specific needs and legitimately needs to be able to connect from home. We give them VPN access, and give them the VNC viewer, and away they go, except that we don't want to give them our default password. So, we used VNC 3.3.x and set their VNC password to be different ONLY when they are logged in. This way, they can lock their PC and go home to the family, and then connect in from home at their leisure, without compromising our security throughout the rest of the company. Their VNC password is unique to them and only works on their machine when they are actively logged in locally. When they log out, our default password gets us in to do maintenance, etc.
Thanks, Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:12 AM To: Raper, Jonathan; [email protected] Subject: RE: User preferences under VNC 4.x Hi Jonathan, Why would you want the passwords to be different? VNC 4 doesn't implement that because most people found it confusing and not useful. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Raper, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 January 2006 15:44 > To: James Weatherall; [email protected] > Subject: RE: User preferences under VNC 4.x > > Hi James, > > Thanks for the reply. That makes sense, but it would be nice to be > able to override those defaults. Also, what if I want the password to > be different depending on who is logged in? We could do that under VNC > 3.3.x... > > Thanks, > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:38 AM > To: Raper, Jonathan; [email protected] > Subject: RE: User preferences under VNC 4.x > > Jonathan, > > With VNC Server 4.x, only Administrators have access to the server > options, and the ability to shut down the server. Non-Administrators > cannot perform these functions. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raper, Jonathan > > Sent: 04 January 2006 15:51 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: User preferences under VNC 4.x > > > > Hello, > > > > Under VNC version 3.3.x, you could have different settings > depending > > on who was logged in locally via the registry keys: > > > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3] > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Administrator] > > "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 > > "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 > > "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 > > "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 > > "IdleTimeout"=dword:00000000 > > "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 > > "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a > > "Password"=hex:e4,d2,00,e3,g2,0a,39,0e > > "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 > > "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 > > "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 > > "AllowProperties"=dword:00000001 > > "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000001 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] > > "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 > > "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 > > "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 > > "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 > > "IdleTimeout"=dword:00000000 > > "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 > > "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a > > "Password"=hex:e4,d2,00,e3,g2,0a,39,0e > > "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 > > "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 > > "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 > > "AllowProperties"=dword:00000000 > > "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\jdoe] > > "SocketConnect"=dword:00000001 > > "AutoPortSelect"=dword:00000001 > > "InputsEnabled"=dword:00000001 > > "LocalInputsDisabled"=dword:00000000 > > "IdleTimeout"=dword:00000000 > > "QuerySetting"=dword:00000002 > > "QueryTimeout"=dword:0000000a > > "Password"=hex:e4,d2,00,e3,g2,0a,39,0e > > "PollUnderCursor"=dword:00000000 > > "PollForeground"=dword:00000001 > > "PollFullScreen"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollConsole"=dword:00000001 > > "OnlyPollOnEvent"=dword:00000000 > > "AllowProperties"=dword:00000001 > > "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000001 > > > > In the above example, anyone logged in other than jdoe or > > administrator, would have the settings that appear under > the Default > > key. In this particular case, jdoe and administrator both > can view the > > > VNC properties page as well as shutdown the client, but the average > > user would not be able to. Is there any way to do this > under version > > 4? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > Technology Coordinator > > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > WARNING: Any medical information contained in this > electronic message > > is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized > > persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL > > information. This electronic message may contain > information that is > > confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the > > use of the > > individual(s) and/or entity > > named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended > > recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and > > delete this material from your computer. 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