Desktop Sharing popup

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 Michael D. Berger wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:40:56 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 Michael D. Berger wrote:
> >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:53:28 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 Michael D. Berger wrote:
> >> >> On my CentOS 6, KDE 4, how can I permanently stop the "Invitation -
> >> >> Desktop Sharing" window from appearing?
> >> > 
> >> > It sounds as though someone on your network has Desktop Sharing
> >> > enabled, with your computer set as default remote host.  In Linux
> >> > that would be krdc/krfb, though I don't know how it is set up of the
> >> > client is in Windows.  The setup described in
> >> > http://userbase.kde.org/Krdc may help you to decide what needs to be
> >> > done to solve your problem.
> >> > 
> >> > Anne
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> The box is a laptop with newly installed CentOS 6, and is not connected
> >> to anything when the problem appears.  In any case, I followed the link
> >> you provided, and solved the problem using the system tray.
> > 
> > Turning off notifications?   Just asking, for the sake of the archives
> > and others that search for solutions :-)
> > 
> > Anne
> 
> [...]
> 
> Is there something important that I might miss?  I note that
> I use a very strong iptables that logs and drops anything I
> don't understand (which includes many things) and I have no
> plans for desktop sharing.  I found the useless pop-ups to
> be a nuisance.
> 
Agreed.  I'm puzzled, though, why you are seeing it at all.

Anne
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