The Host tab contains a list of options used when a connection is established, as well as options for determining what the host should do when it is disconnected. In a centrally managed environment, the domain manager determines a user’s ability to set or modify these values.
The options available on the Host tab are grouped into three categories:
Displays settings that enable the host to protect itself by overriding permissions that may have been granted to the user establishing the session.
For example, if a user’s remote control permissions are set to permit stealth view and the Stealth View option is not selected for the host’s permission, the host computer denies any requests from a viewer trying to connect to this computer using the Stealth View connection mode.
Displays settings that control the host’s behavior. These include options for enabling the File Transfer and Chat features, restarting the host computer from the remote viewer, data encryption, and so on.
Displays settings that define what the host does when a viewer session disconnects or is terminated.
This tab contains the following fields:
Permitted Connection Types
Gives the viewer the ability to see the host computer but not control it. Any number of viewers can connect.
Default: True
Gives the viewer the ability to view the host computer but not control it. This view enables monitoring without detection from the host. The host desktop does not change when a connection is made. If the host icon is visible, it does not change to the connected state. The display does not flicker. Any number of viewers can connect.
Default: True
Permits multiple viewers to a single host. All users and the user of the host computer have the ability to control the host computer.
Default: True
Permits multiple viewers to a single host, with the ability of the host to pass or restrict control to any one of the student viewers.
Default: True
Gives the viewer control over the host computer. The host user's mouse and keyboard are disabled. In exclusive mode, only one viewer can connect.
Note: On Linux, this option prevents other users from connecting when there is a session in progress; the host's mouse and keyboard are not disabled.
Default: True
Windows: Gives the viewer control over the host computer similar to the exclusive control option, but also blanks out the screen. In secure control mode, only one viewer can connect.
On Windows, a secure control message screen is displayed; this screen is configurable and displays a static HTML page.
Note: The secure control mode uses multiple-monitor operating system features with which some versions of the Intel Display drivers are not fully compatible. If Remote Control detects a driver compatibility problem, it does not display the secure control message, “Secure Control Session in Progress.” Instead, the host screen becomes black. Using the latest display drivers from Intel resolves the problem.
Note: See Notes on Secure Control in Polling capture mode on Windows.
Linux: Creates a new login session with a hidden desktop that only the viewer can see. Remote control connections to Linux hosts in this mode do not control the desktop of the currently logged on user. Multiple concurrent secure control connections are supported, and each connection creates a separate hidden desktop.
Note: The secure control feature in Linux requires the Virtual frame buffer X server (Xvfb) utility, and secure control connections are refused if it is not present. This utility can typically be installed from the Linux installation media, if not already installed by default.
Mac OS X: The Secure control connection mode is not supported on Mac OS X. Connection attempts in Secure control mode are rejected with the message “The video driver required for the connection type is not installed. Please install the RC Video drivers on the host machine.”
All other connection types are supported.
Default: True
Permits multiple viewers to a single host; the host can confirm or deny connection and pass control to one of the viewers. No explicitly defined user permissions are necessary for meeting mode remote control connections.
When this property is True and a viewer requests a meeting mode connection, a connection confirmation dialog appears displaying the viewer’s user name and machine name. The host user can then accept the connection or deny it. If the Require meeting confirmation password configuration policy is also set to True, Remote Control prompts for the password of the currently logged on user before permitting a meeting session to proceed for the first connection only.
When Meeting Mode is False and a viewer requests a meeting mode remote control connection, the request is rejected.
Default: True
Host Features
Enables real-time conversation between the host user and connected viewer users.
Default: True
Permits access to the File Transfer feature. The viewer is permitted to get files from the host.
Default: True
Permits access to the File Transfer feature. The viewer is permitted to send files to the host.
Default: True
Enables the remote viewer to restart the host computer when necessary.
Disabling this option prevents the remote viewer from restarting the host's computer. The viewer receives notification that it does not have this permission. This applies only to commands that are issued by Remote Control itself. For example, if a user has the ability to control your desktop remotely and you are logged in as administrator or root, the viewer is still able to restart the host's computer using the Windows Start menu or the equivalent Linux command.
Default: True
Permits the host user to manually start recording screen activity to a local recording file of their choice. Manual recording is independent of any viewer connections and can be started and stopped through the Remote Control Host icon.
Default: True
Forces the request control dialog to appear whenever a viewer connects. This dialog lets the host user accept or reject the connection. If this setting is not enabled (False), the permissions of the connecting user are used to determine whether the confirmation dialog will appear.
Note: Stealth mode connections are not affected by this setting.
Default: False
Forces encryption for all data transmitted during the session.
Default: False
Note: If the target host is operating in FIPS‑preferred or FIPS‑only mode, this option has no effect—the data is always encrypted using FIPS‑compliant cryptography.
Disconnection Options
Note: When disconnecting with the Lock or Reboot options, the confirmation messages displayed in the viewer's window are IDS_HOST_LOCKED and IDS_HOST_SHUTDOWN respectively.
Controls what happens in the event of a user-initiated (normal) disconnect. Valid options for Normal Disconnect include the following:
Indicates that neither the computer is restarted nor is the user logged off.
Indicates that the computer is restarted after a defined period of time has elapsed. Applications are notified of the pending reboot and ask the user to save their data.
Same as Reboot Computer but the current user is logged off.
Indicates that the computer is rebooted without asking applications to save their data.
Same as Forcibly Reboot Computer except that the current user is logged off.
Disconnects and locks the host’s desktop.
Default: Do Nothing
Controls what happens in the event of an unexpected disconnection, for example, when the network connection is dropped or the remote computer stops responding.
Valid options for Abnormal Disconnect include the following:
Indicates that neither the computer is restarted nor is the user logged off.
Indicates that the computer is restarted after a defined period of time has elapsed. Applications are notified of the pending reboot and ask the user to save their data.
Same as Reboot Computer but the current user is logged off.
Indicates that the computer is rebooted without asking applications to save their data.
Same as Forcibly Reboot Computer except that the current user is logged off.
Disconnects and locks the host’s desktop.
Default: Disconnect and Lock
Defines the number of seconds (1–3000) before the host logs off the current user. This applies only when the logoff on disconnect option is set for either normal or abnormal disconnects.
Note: When an unforced logoff is started by the viewer, a countdown dialog appears on the host's desktop. Buttons permit the host or viewer user to log off immediately or cancel the logoff. When a forced logoff is started, the dialog still appears but the Cancel button is disabled.
Default: 30
Defines the number of seconds (1–3000) before the host restarts the computer. This applies only when the logoff on disconnect option is set for either normal or abnormal disconnects.
Note: When an unforced reboot is started by the viewer, a countdown dialog appears on the host's desktop. Buttons permit the host or viewer user to log off immediately or cancel the reboot. When a forced reboot is started, the dialog still appears but the Cancel button is disabled.
Default: 30
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