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The first step in setting up remote desktop access is to activate it and define some basic security settings. These settings are configured in the Remote Desktop Preferences dialog. The access this dialog open the desktop ''System'' menu, select ''Preferences'' and click on ''Remote Desktop''. When slected the following window will appear: [[Image:Example.jpg]] In this dialog the following configuration options are available: * ''Allow others to view your desktop'' - Activates remote desktop access for viewing purposes. * ''Allow other users to control your desktop'' - Allows users accessing your remote desktop to control the desktop. In oterh words the remote user can do anything to your desktop that they want suing their mouse and keyboard as if they were sitting physically at the local system. * ''Ask for confirmation'' - When selected, this option cause a dialgo to appear warning you of an attempt by a remote user to connect and prompting you to confirm or deny the connection. If you are likely to want to log in remotely you will need to turn this off since you will not be at the local system to accept your own connection. * ''Require the user to enter this password'' - Specifies a password wich must be entered by the remote user to access your desktop. It is strongly advised that you select this option and specify a password. Finally this screen specifies the command to run on the remopte system to access the desktop.