Per-user screen sharing?

I'm interested in setting up a server system to which different users on different computers can connect and have individual workspaces.  I understand this "per-user screen sharing" feature is not active in Lion, is that correct?  Also I have not discovered information about the capability in Lion Server, can anyone shed any light on this please?
Thanks very much.
Peter

The Apple provided feature set will likely disappoint you.  Look at AquaConnect if you are trying to recreate Terminal Service.

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    Hey and thanks for checking out the thread.
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    Hi
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  • Lion screen sharing breaks mouse for local user.

    I think I've discovered a bug. I have a new iMac 27" on 10.7.2 and a MBP on 10.7.2. The iMac has two accounts created, mine is the administrator, my girlfriends account is standard user. She likes to use the iMac with the bigger screen so I retreat to the MBP and use screen sharing to continue working on my documents that are under may account.
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  • Screen sharing a user account

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  • Screen Sharing, one user?

    I have upgraded a couple of my machines to Lion, and have noticed the switch to allow multi-user/virtual screen sharing.
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  • Screen sharing fails for one user

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