[X2Go-Dev] x2godesktopsharing: Full Access not available for other users?

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Milan,

On Mo 20 Feb 2012 21:12:59 CET Milan Knížek wrote:

> V Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:07:45 +0100
> Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> napsáno:
>
> Hello Mike and Saša,
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> On Mo 20 Feb 2012 09:32:31 CET Oleksandr Shneyder wrote:
>>
>> > Anyway, if in
>> > future we want to enable such feature, we should also modify
>> > x2godesktopsharing and ask user if he give to other people a full or
>> > "only view" access. With big, fat, red warning.
>>
>> That is a great idea. Let the user decide via x2godesktopsharing.
>> Milan, are you willing to work on that (with our help)?
>
> Well, with my (lack of) programming skills this might take a while - Gut
> Ding braucht Weile ;-)

Yeah!!!

> Anyway, I am willing to learn a few bits about C++ and Qt, hence I at
> least start reading tutorials and the x2go code and see what my chances
> are.

My suggestion for the red alert sign in x2godesktopsharing is:

   o there is a list of users that are allowed w/o confirmation to share
     someone's desktop.
     -> only use this list for view-only access
   o for full access desktop sharing always let the confirmation dialog pop-up
   o for full access add some extra artwork/information to the confirmation
     dialog
   o have another icon for full access mode then for view-only mode (there is
     this X2Go eye in blueish colours. This could be red!?)

With this arrangement we can reuse much of the stuff already there and  
still make the applet more secure (as it makes the user more aware of  
what she/he is doing).

Any further ideas? Feedback? Criticism?

If not, do you want to start on any of the above aspects?

I will open up a branch in Git and I will commit anything you come up  
with. Currently, I feel more like a reviewer and proof-reader but that  
might change was you send your first drafts. Is that ok with you?

Greets,
Mike



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