VNC Single User Access

I was wondering if there was a way I could set up VNC access for someone but only to access their account on my system.  i would like to make a new user (named "VNC Guest") and allow them access only to this user and the files and preferences specific to this user.  As an administrator I have set up VNC access via Remote Management but when I attempt to logon through the VNC Guest account I have the option to control the screen of the current user, which happens to be my administrator account, and access to the VNC Guest desktop.  Is there any way I can block access to the current user and force only access to the account VNC Guest?  Basically I would just like to block access to the administrator screens and file system.
Thanks in advance. 

Hi,
I am running 10.4.8 server with open directory.
Currently some users have the setting of logining on
to only 1 computer at a time. I had a problem this
morning where the system told me a user could not log
on becuase they were logged on someplace else. This
was not the case, there is one server and two clients
in the office. I know at this time they were not
logged on I rebooted all three machinces and still
the same message. Is there a flag that needs to be
reset? What could cause this to happen and how can I
correct this problem?
Regards
Jeffrey

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