Ichat screen share: a way to limit to screen watching, not control?

hi - using Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on Workstations; is there a way to limit the screen share option so invited chat members can only observe the live screen of another member, as opposed to also having control of the other member's desktop?

Thanks for the points.
(Sorry it was not the answer you wanted to hear).
8:09 PM      Wednesday; August 17, 2011
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb( 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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