RE: "ethical" postings to list [was Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?]

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Mullen
Whoh, Hey. All I'm saying is that if people want post non-technical, general, discussion type items, then maybe the "list admin" or someone should start a separate list for such posts. IMHO, it seems there are two complete and separate types of issues. The two have distinctly different threa

"ethical" postings to list [was Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?]

2000-12-28 Thread Robert Mcleod
The way I see it, this list is for anything concerning VNC, whether it be the ethical considerations faced by installing a program that lets you remotely access a computer, or the technical functionality of VNC. It is all to do with VNC and so to me seems perfectly relevant to this list. I don'

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Joseph A. Knapka
"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote: > > Then do you feel that system administrators are not allowed to check users > email Of course they are "allowed" to, but I certainly wouldn't work for a company that made it a policy to do so. I don't care what a company or individual does with VNC; I am simply e

RE: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Mullen
These *ethical* and *hypothetical* posts have no place on this technically oriented list. If your question/post has nothing to do with the CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY of VNC, please refrain from posting. Thank You. -Original Message- From: David W. Chapman Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread David W. Chapman Jr.
Then do you feel that system administrators are not allowed to check users email at the request of management? I would not like being spied on, but what you do at work is the property of the business and as you said if you don't like their policy just quit. Just having that policy alone usually

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Joseph A. Knapka
"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote: > > Aren't we forgetting that what people do at work is property of the > business, from email to whatever they do at their desktop during business > hours. Granted nobody likes to be spied on, its a decision that should be > made by management/hr departments whethe

RE: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Blyth, John
My two bob's worth on the ICON is that I find it most useful, as I am frequently unsure which PC (out of 110) people are using. With a quick flick of their mouse the IP address is displayed, to give me rapid access to the correct PC. I have disabled all the other user options, so apart from closi

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread David W. Chapman Jr.
Aren't we forgetting that what people do at work is property of the business, from email to whatever they do at their desktop during business hours. Granted nobody likes to be spied on, its a decision that should be made by management/hr departments whether the employees know about it or not. >

RE: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Milette
You are right about one thing. People are curious about the icon. So save yourselves a lot of trouble and just explain to them what it is. In all of the different organizations I have worked in, I have yet to meet anyone who likes to be spied upon. Sure you can take away the icon, but I wouldn't

[Announcement] VNCDimension 0.7.0

2000-12-28 Thread Bill Chin
I'd like to announce the availability of VNCDimension 0.7.0 for Apple's Mac OS X Public Beta. You can get it at http://www.mdimension.com/Community. Yes, there seems to be quite a few VNC clients for Mac OS X Public Beta now. There weren't when I started. :-) VNCDimension is different because it i

Re: quick and probably stupid question

2000-12-28 Thread Dan Fulbright
> vncserver running on intel based RH 7 box. > > can connect just fine via a vnc binary client, > but cannot find a port in the 580x neighborhood > open for the java browser client. > > I haven't done anything to block any ports > as this is a development machine and I WANNT > things to work. > >

RE: RE: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Ian Cowley
3.3.2r3 came out a long time ago. We are now on version 3.3.3r7, which has the features you describe. Hope this helps. Ian Cowley > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 December 2000 15:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: Re: how t

RE: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Mullen
Then try another program intended for such use: PC Spy: http://www.softdd.com/pcspy/index.htm Sky Tech: http://www.spytech-web.com Or any one of the many software products available out there to do silent monitoring. -- this action "to hide VNC logo ..." is completely necessary in

Re: RE: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread awaco
>Sujet: RE: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ? >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 11:55:55 -0600 > >Question 45 on the FAQ: >Q45 Can I get rid of the taskbar icon created by WinVNC? -- many thanks ... BUT the answer says : "However, there might be occasions where you would not want the user

Re: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread awaco
>-Message d'origine- >De: "Simon Biber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >A: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sujet: Re: how to hide the VNC logo ? >Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:35:13 +1100 > >It's designed to generate curiosity. It is wrong to spy on people, to watch >their actions without their understanding and co

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Chip Mefford
I concurr with Simon. Simon Biber wrote: > > It's designed to generate curiosity. It is wrong to spy on people, to watch > their actions without their understanding and consent. > > Simon. > > - Original Message - > From: "John Clegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Se

Re: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread Simon Biber
It's designed to generate curiosity. It is wrong to spy on people, to watch their actions without their understanding and consent. Simon. - Original Message - From: "John Clegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 9:34 PM Subject: RE: how to hide

Re: quick and probably stupid question

2000-12-28 Thread Chip Mefford
Hi Tim, I ran it as vncserver, I edited the script for 16 bit colour and 800x600 but thats the only change I made. I grepped vncserver for http and didn't find any entry. I checked Xvnc --help for a http option, didn't see one. I'll look some more. What would the httpd option be for the

Re: quick and probably stupid question

2000-12-28 Thread Tim Waugh
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:29:50AM -0500, Chip Mefford wrote: > vncserver running on intel based RH 7 box. Did you run it as 'vncserver' or as 'Xvnc'? If 'Xvnc', did you use the -httpd option? Tim. */ [demime 0.97b removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] -

quick and probably stupid question

2000-12-28 Thread Chip Mefford
vncserver running on intel based RH 7 box. can connect just fine via a vnc binary client, but cannot find a port in the 580x neighborhood open for the java browser client. I haven't done anything to block any ports as this is a development machine and I WANNT things to work. I can telnet to

RE: how to hide the VNC logo ?

2000-12-28 Thread John Clegg
Whilst everyone is getting tied up with pointing people at the FAQ is anyone noticing how many people are asking for this facility?? The FAQ says "We feel that there would be few legitimate uses of VNC where you would need to conceal its operation." - maybe this position is due for a rethink. I re