Re: [Sheflug] open source solution for controlling a classroomof windows computers

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > The uvnc viewer is also nice because you can have several 
> windows open
> > in different tabs.
> Thanks for the pointers. I've had a play with vnc but only in 
> the context
> of a home network with a mixture of linux and windows 
> machines. I didn't
> look to see if a 'teacher' machine could demand control of 'student'
> machines.

We can connect to a third party machine without the party needing to
grant permission.

> 
> On a related matter, I saw a demonstration of a proprietary product
> (Talmos) which, among other things, allowed teachers to specify which
> programs a student could access. Do you have any idea if 
> there's something
> open source that can do this on a windows network? As I understand it,
> this is probably beyond VNC's remit.

It's not an issue for VNC, but you could achieve the same with system
policies for instance.



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