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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&krfb;">
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<!ENTITY package "kdenetwork">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> <!-- ONLY If you are writing non-English
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &krfb; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&Brad.Hards;
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&Brad.Hards.mail;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>2003</year>
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<holder>&Brad.Hards;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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(V.MM.LL), it could be used by automation scripts.
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Do NOT change these in the translation. -->
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<date>2003-09-17</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.0.1</releaseinfo>
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<!-- Abstract about this handbook -->
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&krfb; is a server application that allows you to share your current
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session with a user on another machine, who can use a VNC client to
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view or even control the desktop.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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of your application, and a few relevant keywords. -->
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>kdenetwork</keyword>
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<keyword>krfb</keyword>
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<keyword>VNC</keyword>
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<keyword>RFB</keyword>
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<keyword>krdc</keyword>
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<keyword>Desktop Sharing</keyword>
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<keyword>Remote Control</keyword>
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<keyword>Remote Assistance</keyword>
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<keyword>Remote Desktop</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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each chapter so with the id attribute. This is necessary for two reasons: it
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document, and if there is no ID, the name of the generated HTML files will vary
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from time to time making it hard to manage for maintainers and for the CVS
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system. Any chapter labelled (OPTIONAL) may be left out at the author's
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discretion. Other chapters should not be left out in order to maintain a
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consistent documentation style across all KDE apps. -->
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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application that explains what it does and where to report
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problems. Basically a long version of the abstract. Don't include a
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revision history. (see installation appendix comment) -->
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<para>
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&krfb; is a server application that allows you to share your current
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session with a user on another machine, who can use a VNC client to
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view or even control the desktop.
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</para>
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<para>
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You would typically use &krfb; with the &kde; VNC client, which is
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&krdc;, since it closely matches the special features of &krfb;.
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</para>
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<para>
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&krfb; doesn't require you to start a new X session - it can share
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the current session. This makes it very useful when you want someone
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to help you perform a task.
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</para>
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<para>
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Please report any problems or feature requests to the &kde; mailing
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lists or file a bug at <ulink
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url="http://bugs.kde.org">http://bugs.kde.org</ulink>.
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="what-is-RFB">
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<title>The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</title>
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<para>
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This chapter provides a brief description of the Remote Frame Buffer
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protocol used by &krfb; and by other compatible systems. If you are
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already familiar with Remote Frame Buffer, you can safely skip this
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chapter.
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</para>
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<para>
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The high level implementation of a system using the Remote Frame
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Buffer protocol is known as Virtual Network Computer, or more often
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just as <acronym>VNC</acronym>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Remote Frame Buffer (or <acronym>RFB</acronym> for short) is a simple
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protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces. It works at
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the frame-buffer level, which roughly corresponds to the rendered
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screen image, which means that it can be applied to all windowing
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systems (including X11, &MacOS; and &Microsoft; &Windows;). Remote
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Frame Buffer applications exist for many platforms, and can often be
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free re-distributed.
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</para>
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<para>
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In the Remote Frame Buffer protocol, the application that runs on the
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machine where the user sits (containing the display, keyboard and
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pointer) is called the client. The application that runs on the
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machine where the framebuffer is located (which is running the
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windowing system and applications that the user is remotely
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controlling) is called the server. &krfb; is the &kde; server for the
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Remote Frame Buffer protocol. &krdc; is the &kde; client for the
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Remote Frame Buffer protocol.
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</para>
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<para>
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It takes a reasonable amount of network traffic to send an image of
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the framebuffer, so Remote Frame Buffer works best over high
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bandwidth links, such as a local area network. It is still possible to
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use &krfb; over other links, but performance is unlikely to be as good.
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="using-krfb">
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<title>Using &krfb;</title>
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many sections (Chapter, Sect1, Sect3, etc...) as is necessary to fully document
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your application. -->
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<para>
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It is very easy to use &krfb; - it has a simple interface, as shown in
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the screenshot below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &krfb;</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="screenshot.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; main window</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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When you want to allow someone to access your desktop, you can create
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an personal invitation using the <guibutton>Create Personal
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Invitation...</guibutton> button, which will bring up a window
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containing the information needed to access your desktop. An example
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is shown below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Example &krfb; personal invitation</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="personal_invitation.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="personal_invitation.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Example &krfb; personal invitation</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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To increase security, the invitation is only valid for an
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hour after it is created, and of course the person connecting has to
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have the correct password.
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</para>
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<para>
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Since you may want to invite someone to access your desktop by email,
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&krfb; can create invitations as email messages. You can create such
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an invitation using the <guibutton>Invite via Email...</guibutton>
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button on the &krfb; main window. This will usually bring up an email
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message that looks like the following, ready for you to type in the
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email address of the person you are sending the invitation to.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Example &krfb; email invitation</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="email_invitation.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="email_invitation.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Example &krfb; email invitation</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<warning>
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<para>
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&krfb; will warn you about the security implications of sending this
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information across an insecure link. You must heed those warnings.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you cannot encrypt the email (or otherwise secure the link),
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sending invitations by email is a very serious security risk, since
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anyone can read the password and address from the email as it passes
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over the network. This means that they can potentially take control of
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your machine.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you cannot encrypt the email message, it may be better to use a
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personal invitation, telephone the person you are giving access to,
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verify the identity of that person, and provide the required
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invitation information that way.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<sect1 id="krfb-managing-invitations">
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<title>Managing &krfb; invitations</title>
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<para>
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Having created an invitation (either a personal invitation or one that
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was sent by email), &krfb; allows you to manage those invitations. The
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dialog to control these is available using <guibutton>Manage
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Invitations...</guibutton> on the &krfb; main window. If you select
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that button, &krfb; will bring up a window as shown below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&krfb; invitation management</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="invitation_management.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="invitation_management.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; invitation management</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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The invitation management window allows you to create more invitations
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(using the <guibutton>New Personal Invitation...</guibutton> and
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<guibutton>New Email Invitation...</guibutton> buttons, which have the
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same effect as the <guibutton>Create Personal Invitation...</guibutton>
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and <guibutton>Invite via Email...</guibutton> buttons on the &krfb; main
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window.
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</para>
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<para>
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The invitation managment window also allows you to delete existing
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invitations. To just delete one of the invitations, select it with the
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mouse or keyboard tabs (it should become highlighted), and then select
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the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. To delete all invitations, just
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select the <guibutton>Delete All</guibutton> button.
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</para>
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<!-- OK, so this is obvious, I only did it for completeness -->
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<para>
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Selecting <guibutton>Close</guibutton> closes this dialog.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="krfb-configuration">
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<title>Configuring &krfb;</title>
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<para>
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In addition to the main &krfb; interface shown and described above, you can also
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control &krfb; using its control module, which you can access using
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the normal &kde; control center, and you can also access using the
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<guibutton>Configure...</guibutton> on the &krfb; main window. The &krfb;
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configuration is controlled using a tabbed window, as shown in the
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screenshot below:
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&krfb; Configuration (Access Tab)</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_access.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_access.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; Configuration (Access Tab)</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Access</guilabel> tab allows you configure settings
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related to access to the &krfb; server.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guibutton>Create and Manage Invitations...</guibutton> takes you to
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the <link linkend="krfb-managing-invitations">&krfb; invitation management window</link>,
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which was described previously.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Announce service on the network</guilabel> checkbox
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controls whether &krfb; announces invitations over the network using
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Service Location Protocol. This is normally a good idea, but only
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works really well with a Service Location Protocol aware client, such
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as &krdc;.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Allow uninvited connections</guilabel> checkbox controls
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whether &krfb; allows connection without an invitation. If uninvited
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connections are allowed, then you should probably specify a
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password. You can also use the checkboxes here to choose whether you
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have to confirm the connection before it proceeds, and whether the
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person connecting can control the desktop, or only view.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the machine is a workstation, and you choose to allow uninvited
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connections, you probably want to select the <guilabel>Confirm
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uninvited connections before accepting</guilabel>. Conversely, if the
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machine is a server and you are using &krfb; for remote
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administration, you probably want to deselect <guilabel>Confirm
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uninvited connections before accepting</guilabel>.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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&krfb; uses the normal RFB password system, which does not transfer
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your password in the clear across the network. Instead, it uses a
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challenge-response system. This is reasonably secure, as long as the
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password is securely guarded.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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&krfb; allows you to control whether the background image is passed to
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the client, or not. This is controlled using a checkbox in the
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<guilabel>Session</guilabel> tab, as shown below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&krfb; Configuration (Session Tab)</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_session.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_session.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; Configuration (Session Tab)</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you check the box, &krfb; will not transfer the background
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image. If you leave it blank, it is up to the client whether the
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background image is transferred or not transferred.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Network</guilabel> tab allows control over the port that
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&krfb; uses, as shown below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&krfb; Configuration (Network Tab)</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_network.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="configuration_network.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; Configuration (Network Tab)</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you select the <guilabel>Assign port automatically</guilabel>
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checkbox, then &krfb; will locate a suitable port, and invitations
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will match this port. If you deselect the <guilabel>Assign port
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automatically</guilabel> checkbox, you can specify a particular
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port. Specifying a particular port may be useful if you are using
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port-forwarding on the firewall. Note that if Service Location
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Protocol is turned on, this will automatically deal with identifying
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the correct port.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="krfb-connection">
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<title>What happens when someone connects to &krfb;</title>
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<para>
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When someone connects to &krfb; on your machine, you will get a pop-up
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notification that looks like the following screenshot, unless you are
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accepting uninvited connections without warning.
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</para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>&krfb; Connection Window</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="connection.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="connection.eps" format="EPS"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&krfb; Connection Window</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you <guibutton>Accept Connection</guibutton>, the client can
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proceed to authenticate (which requires the correct password for a
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personal invitation or email invitation). If you <guibutton>Refuse
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Connection</guibutton>, then the attempt to connect will be terminated.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guilabel>Allow remote user to control keyboard and
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mouse</guilabel> checkbox determines whether this client can only
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observe, or can take control of your machine.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the client connection is successful, and used the password from a
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personal invitation or email invitation, then that invitation is
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deleted and cannot be used again. You will also get a small pop-up
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window in the dock, that shows that the connection has been made.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="dcop">
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<title>Developer's Guide to &krfb;</title>
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<para>
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&krfb; supports a small number of &DCOP; commands, which are described
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in this chapter. If you aren't familiar with &DCOP;, then you don't
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need to worry about this. However if you'd like to automate some of
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your &krfb; (or other &kde; application) actions, &DCOP; is a useful
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tool. You can find out more about &DCOP; in its on-line documentation,
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and in tutorials on <ulink
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url="http://developer.kde.org">http://developer.kde.org</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can shut down the &krfb; application using the quit command, as
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shown in this example:
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<informalexample>
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<screen>
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<prompt>%</prompt>dcop krfb-1507 MainApplication-Interface quit
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<note>
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<para>
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You will need to change the <userinput>krfb-1507</userinput> in the
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example to match the instance of &krfb; that you actually want to
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shutdown. If you run <command>dcop</command> with no options, you will
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get a list of all applications that are running and &DCOP; can
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control.
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&reporting.bugs;
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<title>Credits and License</title>
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<para>
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&krfb;
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</para>
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<para>
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Program copyright 2002 Tim Jansen <email>tim@tjansen.de</email>
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</para>
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<para>
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Contributors:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Ian Reinhart Geiser <email>geiseri@kde.org</email></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Documentation Copyright © 2003 &Brad.Hards; &Brad.Hards.mail;
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</para>
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<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
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&underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove -->
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&underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="installation">
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<title>Installation</title>
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<title>How to obtain &krfb;</title>
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&install.intro.documentation;
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&install.compile.documentation;
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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&documentation.index;
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