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<FILENAME filename="index.html"><html><head><title>The Desktop Sharing Handbook</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="description" content="Desktop Sharing is a server application that allows you to share your current session with a user on another machine, who can use a VNC client to view or even control the desktop."><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Desktop Sharing Handbook"><link rel="next" href="introduction.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> The <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> Handbook</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div lang="en" class="book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="krfb"></a>The <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> Handbook</h1></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Brad</span> <span class="surname">Hards</span> <code class="email">&lt;bradh@frogmouth.net&gt;</code></p></div></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo">5.0 (Applications 16.08) (<span class="date">2016-07-25</span>)</span></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2003 <span class="firstname">Brad</span> <span class="surname">Hards</span></p></div><div><p><a href="help:/kdoctools5-common/fdl-notice.html">Legal Notice</a></p></div><div><div><div class="abstract"><p>
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> is a server application that allows you to share your current
session with a user on another machine, who can use a <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> client to
view or even control the desktop.
</p></div></div></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="introduction.html">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="what-is-RFB.html">2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="using-krfb.html">3. Using <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="using-krfb.html#main-windw"><span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> Main Window</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krfb.html#connection-details">Connection Details</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krfb.html#unattended-access">Unattended Access</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krfb.html#transfer-login-information">Transfer Login Information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="using-krfb.html#krfb-qqit">Quit <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="krfb-configuration.html">Configuring <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="krfb-connection.html">Connecting to <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="credits.html">4. Credits and License</a></span></dt></dl></div><FILENAME filename="introduction.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdenetwork, krfb, VNC, RFB, krdc, Desktop Sharing, Remote Control, Remote Assistance, Remote Desktop"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Desktop Sharing Handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The Desktop Sharing Handbook"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="The Desktop Sharing Handbook"><link rel="next" href="what-is-RFB.html" title="Chapter 2. The Remote Frame Buffer protocol"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Introduction</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="what-is-RFB.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="introduction"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> is a server application that allows you to share your current
session with a user on another machine, who can use a <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> client to
view or even control the desktop.
</p><p>
You would typically use <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> with the <span class="orgname">KDE</span>  <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym> client, which is
<span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span>, since it closely matches the special features of <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span>.
</p><p>
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> doesn't require you to start a new X session - it can share
the current session. This makes it very useful when you want someone
to help you perform a task.
</p><p>
Please report any problems or feature requests to the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> mailing
lists or file a bug at <a class="ulink" href="https://bugs.kde.org" target="_top">https://bugs.kde.org</a>.
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This chapter provides a brief description of the Remote Frame Buffer
protocol used by <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> and by other compatible systems. If you are
already familiar with Remote Frame Buffer, you can safely skip this
chapter.
</p><p>
The high level implementation of a system using the Remote Frame
Buffer protocol is known as Virtual Network Computer, or more often
just as <acronym class="acronym">VNC</acronym>. 
</p><p>
Remote Frame Buffer (or <acronym class="acronym">RFB</acronym> for short) is a simple
protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces. It works at
the frame-buffer level, which roughly corresponds to the rendered
screen image, which means that it can be applied to all windowing
systems (including X11, <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym> and <span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®). Remote
Frame Buffer applications exist for many platforms, and can often be
freely re-distributed.
</p><p>
In the Remote Frame Buffer protocol, the application that runs on the
machine where the user sits (containing the display, keyboard and
pointer) is called the client. The application that runs on the
machine where the framebuffer is located (which is running the
windowing system and applications that the user is remotely
controlling) is called the server. <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> is the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> server for the
Remote Frame Buffer protocol. <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span> is the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> client for the
Remote Frame Buffer protocol.
</p><p>
It takes a reasonable amount of network traffic to send an image of
the framebuffer, so Remote Frame Buffer works best over high
bandwidth links, such as a local area network. It is still possible to
use <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> over other links, but performance is unlikely to be as good.
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It is very easy to use <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> - it has a simple interface, as shown in
the screenshot below.
</p><p>
</p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="screenshot.png" alt="Desktop Sharing main window"></div></div><p>
</p><p>
When you want to allow someone to access your desktop, you have to
enable the checkbox <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Enable Desktop Sharing</span></span>,
which will start the server.
</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="connection-details"></a>Connection Details</h3></div></div></div><p>
The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Address</span></span> contains the address of your
computer and the port number, separated by a colon.
The address is just a hint - you can use any address that can
reach your computer. <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> tries to guess your address from your
network configuration, but does not always succeed in doing so.
If your computer is behind a firewall it may have a different
address or be unreachable for other computers.
</p><p>
You can change the port on the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Network</span></span>
page in the configuration dialog.
</p><p>
The next field is prefilled with an automatically generated password.
Click in the icon at the right of the field to change the password.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="unattended-access"></a>Unattended Access</h3></div></div></div><p>
Any remote user with the desktop sharing password will have to be authenticated.
If unattended access is activated, and the remote user provides the password
for unattended mode, desktop sharing access will be granted without explicit
confirmation.
</p><p>
By default the password for this mode is empty, to change that click on
the button and enter a password.
</p><p>
If unattended access is allowed, then you should probably specify a
password.
</p><p>
If the machine is a server and you are using <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> for remote
administration, you probably want to use unattended access.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="transfer-login-information"></a>Transfer Login Information</h3></div></div></div><p>
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> has no invitation feature any more as in previous versions.
So you have to transfer the login information yourself using email
or a personal invitation.
</p><p>
If you cannot encrypt the email (or otherwise secure the link),
sending a password by email is a very serious security risk, since
anyone can read the password and address from the email as it passes
over the network. This means that they can potentially take control of
your machine.
</p><p>
If you cannot encrypt the email message, it may be better to use a
personal invitation, telephone the person you are giving access to,
verify the identity of that person, and provide the required
information that way.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> uses the normal <acronym class="acronym">RFB</acronym> password system, which does not transfer
your password in the clear across the network. Instead, it uses a
challenge-response system. This is reasonably secure, as long as the
password is securely guarded.
</p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="krfb-qqit"></a>Quit <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span></h3></div></div></div><p>
If you close the <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> main window by clicking on the window close icon or using the
shortcut <span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F4</strong></span> the server
keeps running, which is indicated by an icon in the system tray.
To stop <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> either use <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Quit</span></span>
in the main window or right click on the icon in the system tray and select
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Quit</span></span>.
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In addition to the main <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> interface shown and described above, 
you can also control <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span>  using the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure...</span></span> on the <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> main window. The <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span>
configuration has two pages, as shown in the screenshot below: 
</p><p>
The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Network</span></span> page allows control over the port that
<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> uses, as shown below.
</p><p>
</p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="configuration_network.png" alt="Desktop Sharing Configuration (Network page)"></div></div><p>
</p><p>
The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Announce service on the local network</span></span> checkbox
controls whether <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> announces the service over the local network using
Service Location Protocol. This is normally a good idea, but only
works really well with a Service Location Protocol aware client, such
as <span class="application">Remote Desktop Connection</span>.
</p><p>
If you select the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Use default port</span></span> checkbox, 
then <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> will locate a suitable port.
If you deselect this checkbox, you can specify a particular
port. Specifying a particular port may be useful if you are using
port-forwarding on the firewall. Note that if Service Location
Protocol is turned on, this will automatically deal with identifying
the correct port.
</p><p>
The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Security</span></span> page allows you to configure whether the
person connecting to the <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> server can control the desktop, or only view.
</p><p>
</p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="configuration_security.png" alt="Desktop Sharing Configuration (Security page)"></div></div><p>
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When someone connects to <span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span> on your machine, you will get a pop-up
notification that looks like the following screenshot, unless you are
accepting unattended access without confirmation.
</p><p>
</p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="connection.png" alt="Desktop Sharing Connection Window"></div></div><p>
</p><p>
If you <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Accept Connection</span></span>, the client can
proceed to authenticate, which requires the correct password for a
login. If you <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Refuse
Connection</span></span>, then the attempt to connect will be terminated.
</p><p>
The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Allow remote user to control keyboard and
mouse</span></span> check box determines whether this client can only
observe, or can take control of your machine. 
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<span class="application">Desktop Sharing</span>
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Program copyright 2002 Tim Jansen <code class="email">(tim AT tjansen.de)</code>
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Contributors:
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Documentation Copyright (c) 2003 <span class="firstname">Brad</span> <span class="surname">Hards</span> <code class="email">(bradh AT frogmouth.net)</code>
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