IWeb with background account using VNC

I tested this on a Intel Mac Mini and an iMac G5 with the client computer being 2 windows systems (one direct, another tunneling over ssh) and from the iMac down to the Mac Mini.
The process is as follows:
1) Create secondary account and enable fast user switching - log in as that user
2) Load up OSXvnc and start a server as display 1 (port 5901)
3) Switch back to main user
4) On client machine connect to VNC server (display 1)
Everything works fine except for iWeb. You can create a new site - selecting from the templates but you cannot see the page at all in the editing window. If you leave the secondary user as active on the console (not in the background) then iWeb works fine but not when you have it in the background.
I've reproduced this on two systems and even recreated the user on one system as I thought it may have had something to do with it.
Thoughts?
Any way to share a desktop with another person while still using the primary and having them able to use iWeb (any other apps seem fine).

It doesn't matter if it's primary verus secondary account - any account breaks iWeb if it's not the currently displayed one.
Try this:
- Created two users A and B and enable fast user switching
- Log in as B
- Start up OSXvnc as display 1
- Open iWeb - works fine
- fast switch out and log in as A
- Using Chicken of the VNC connect to localhost display 1
Once you done this you can use iWeb - you can create new pages. Now quit iWeb and reopen it. Now you won't be able to create a page - well you can you just can't see it.
I realise this isn't likely a bug to get fixed as the number of users trying to do this has got to be low - just wondering if anyone found a way around this.
There are a few windows applications that output directly to the console versus the current desktop (earily versions of NetBackup for instance). Looks like iWeb doesn't take well to being loaded when no on display .
Now other applications through VNC work fine - iWeb is the only one I've found to not work. It's odd since I figure it'd be very similar to iPhoto, iTunes, iCal, Word, Mail, etc... Quicktime even renders properly through a VNC session. Can't imagine iWeb would do things differently but I guess it is.
As for the port issue - that's not really an issue - if it was it would affect more than one application and I've done the following
= iMac (client) -> Mac Mini (VNC Server) on display 1
= iMac (client) -> iMac (VNC Server) on display 1 (from 0 to 1)
= iMac (client) -> ssh tunnel to Mac Mini -> VNC through tunnel (like a local connection)
= Above from from two windows PC's

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