Screen Sharing Notification

Hello all,
Is there a way to script/program/edit plist etc etc etc to be able to visually display a notification for the user when an active VPN/ARD/Screen Sharing session has been established to their Mac????
I have been able to program a script that will display a warning message for the user on their Mac when ports 5900 to 5909 are opened - but this does not mean a screen sharing connection (VPN/ARD) has been established - it just means the required ports are active and listening with a request received.
I need to be able to display a notification for the user on their Mac when a screen sharing/ARD/VPN connection has been ESTABLISHED
Any ideas out there in Mac Land???
Cheers - Paul

Thanks for the response - I know all about the menu bar option that displays a little binoculars icon
What I need is a way to display a notification ONLY when an established VNC connection exists - like a warning box that comes up on screen

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    I started by looking at the vnc processes. There is one process that run as root:
    root 21792 0.0 0.0 2437128 1736 ?? Ss 12:25PM 0:00.02 /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Su pport/RFBRegisterMDNS
    Then there is another process for each person logged in:
    username 22006 0.0 0.3 2734876 13964 ?? S 12:33PM 0:00.29 /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Ma cOS/AppleVNCServer
    So I have two questions. One is how can there be three processes running that listen on the same 5900 port at the same time and how does it decide which one to connect a vnc client to? My second question is how can I prevent the AppleVNCServer process from starting for each user. I've tried killing those processes but they respawn immediately.

    Hi
    Thank you for your answer. Sorry to have been unclear - I'll give it another go :o)
    Here is what I am trying to do:
    I have 2 users (Plex and Ursus) that I want to have logged on at the same time. Plex will be "in the front" i.e. that is the screen that is seen if you are at the mini. Ursus is a user that is logged on but you cannot currently see (i.e. in the back as it where). I would like to work using the user Ursus (to, for example, rip a movie from a DVD (that I own of course :o).
    Using file sharing would mean that I have 2 machines running and that I need to copy all the files from the one machine to the other, not exactly what I want but manageable.
    I have managed to get this "partly" working - I am using Vine Server for Mac (http://www.testplant.com/products/vineserver/OSX) which allows me to start a VNC server on e.g. port 5901 and then screen share to that session. If I setup the second user (Ursus in this case) to use this server then I can connect to the "back" user. The only problem being that Vine Server seems to crash with Plex - as soon as I start it Plex just hangs and randomly crashes!
    Was that clearer?
    Thanks again
    Ursus

  • Airport Extreme is allowing access to screen sharing, file sharing from external IP addresses (some from China, Canada etc)

    How to get control over the ports/port forwarding etc in Airport Extreme?
    How to make AE drop packets to certain ports from external ports.  Or create whitelist/blacklists?
    I figured out where the MAC filtering is!  (It is inside the Timed Access Control).  I wish it had a list of connected device and allowed me to select, name and add them.
    I am getting requests from Chinese IP to the screen sharing ports forwarded to my iMac.  Had requests to other ports as well.  There was one IP address from CANADA too.
    I want to open file sharing for local use only.

    Why is Airport Extreme forwarding requests for screen sharing from external ip addresses to my imac?  I don't have a public address, nor use dynamic dns service, and I have removed the server app (at least I think I have, but Apple Store doesn't think so).

  • Can I display EyeTV's live TV over HDMI-out and be able to see my desktop using screen-sharing on a headless mac-mini used as a media-box?

    Hi,
    I'm thinking of buying a new mac-mini to replace my current one which acts as an iTunes server and records TV programs using eyeTV. I connect using screen-sharing/VNC to be able to do stuff on it (like handbrake etc.)
    I have eyeTV with a satelite receiver and I want to change the setup so that:
    - the new mac-mini continues to work as an iTunes server (and handbrake workhorse)
    - I can use the HDMI output (inc. audio) to show eyeTV's live TV full-screen app
    - I can connect using screen-sharing/VNC to the mac-mini and see my normal desktop to be able to maintain it etc. but this is a headless display (no screen is connected to the display-port).
    - recorded media I'd play through the appleTV2 still + rentals etc. unless anyone knows if eyeTV software can offer up iTunes content? I don't like the eyeTV recordings in general as it seems very slow to me for access when there are lots of recordings and wouldn't be available in other apleTVs in the house AFAIK.
    The main benefit that this gives me is that I'd no longer need a seperate satelite box to watch live TV and can add more eyeTV hardware to get additional TV channels all through the same HUD on the TV for ease of access.
    Does this seem possible in theory & practice (ie are there any gotcha's to consider?)
    - can I force the HDMI output resolution to 1080i as I go via an amp to the TV and the appleTV2 drops to low-res in this configuration so I have had to find a workaround for that.
    - does the mac-mini have IR input that can be programmed?
    - Does eyeTV software remain stable for long periods?
    - Does the HDMI out have any handshake issues that would need a reset of the display (somehow)?
    thanks in advance for any thoughts/contributions
    Lee

    I think the easiest way to do this is to have the EyeTV app running in one user account and sent via HDMI to the TV, and use a separate user account for Screen Sharing. Both logins can be active at the same time and with Lion you can connect via screen sharing to which ever login you need.
    With regards to the Mac video resolution changing, when it is not the current input on your AV receiver. This is 'normal', if the Mac sees no signal it drops down the a lower level. What you need is to buy a HDMI Detective Plus which tricks the Mac in to always seeing a signal and hence it will not drop down the resolution. See http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8005
    The Mac mini does have an IR receiver. This can be used with the EyeTV app, iTunes, and similar. Yes I believe EyeTV would run for prolonged periods quite happily, it is has been around for a long time and had most of the rough edges polished off. However one issue you will have to deal with is that it does not automatically update its program guide data. For this you might have to write or modify an AppleScript. Elgato support or their user forums will be a lot of help.
    You can set EyeTV to convert recordings to an iTunes (Apple TV) compatible format and then delete them from EyeTV.
    The HDMI Detective should solve your handshaking problems.

  • Screen-Sharing and Internet-Sharing via same network connection

    Hello out there,
    I'm using a TiBook (G4 867MHz) and a MacBook Pro 17". They are connected via a WLAN-router. Additionally the MBP is connected to the internet via an UMTS-connection established with a Merlin 870XU type PC-card.
    Network is working fine, including screen-sharing. Also the internet connection on MBP works without error. But if I activate Internet-Sharing via WLAN to get my TiBook connected to the internet, the MBP connection to the WLAN is cut off.
    Can somebody tell me what's going wrong and how to solve it?
    Greetings from good old Germany
    Ansgar

    Hello out there,
    I'm using a TiBook (G4 867MHz) and a MacBook Pro 17". They are connected via a WLAN-router. Additionally the MBP is connected to the internet via an UMTS-connection established with a Merlin 870XU type PC-card.
    Network is working fine, including screen-sharing. Also the internet connection on MBP works without error. But if I activate Internet-Sharing via WLAN to get my TiBook connected to the internet, the MBP connection to the WLAN is cut off.
    Can somebody tell me what's going wrong and how to solve it?
    Greetings from good old Germany
    Ansgar

  • How do I speed up my Screen Sharing experience?

    Hi. Apologies if this has already been answered, but I couldn't find post that matched. Anyway, I have set up Screen Sharing on my iMac so I can run it with my eMac (running Tiger 10.4.11). It all works fine except the response is a bit slow - that is to say the refresh rate doesn't make it workable if I'm working in image editing or whatever, in fact even just moving open windows around there's a noticeable lag in response time.
    I think I should mention that both computers are networked via ethernet cables - not wirelessly - so the response is as good as I can get it at the moment.
    I did hear somewhere that if I had an 'N' speed Router (as opposed to the standard 'G' speed) then this would improve the speed noticeably. Is that right? Also, my iMac is equipped with a 10/100/1000 Base T ethernet port, whereas my eMac is only the 10/100 variety. Will this make an 'N' speed router pointless. I just want to know before I waste money on something that'll make no difference really.
    Thanks
    Simon
    Message was edited by: Simon Bramley

    If you are using ethernet to ethernet connection, then 802.11g vs 802.11n WiFi does not matter.
    The slowest ethernet connection will be the limiting factor, so the eMac's ethernet port is the controlling factor for transfer speeds.
    If you want to experiment with a different VNC client and server, you might try installing Vine Server (aka OSXvnc) on the Mac to be controlled, and then use Chicken of the VNC as the client on the Mac you are sitting at. This pair of VNC client and server are very good at compressing the screen data to maximize network bandwidth.
    The next trick you could try is to tell Chicken of the VNC to use less colors. CofVNC -> Connection -> Connection Profiles -> Default Profile -> Color. Try "Thousands of Colors" first, then maybe "256 Colors" although 256 is going to look very Andy Wohl'ish

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