Accepting remote control session actions
About this task
When a remote control session is requested or certain actions are carried out by the controller user, you can be asked to confirm acceptance of these actions. Your acceptance is requested if user acceptance session policies are enabled and set to yes for the session. Target user acceptance can be requested when the following actions are carried out by the controller user:
- Starting a remote control session
- Changing the session type during a remote control session
- Requesting target system information
- Transferring files to and from the target
- Making a local recording of a remote control session
- Requesting to allow multiple participants in a session
The following options can be available in the acceptance window when confirmation is required, depending on the action that is being accepted.
- Accept
- To accept the request and allow the controller user to complete the action, click Accept.
- Refuse
- To refuse the request and not allow the controller user to complete the action, click Refuse.
- Session type
- When user acceptance is enabled for starting a session, if you do not want the controller user
to have Active control of your system, select a different session type.
- Guidance
- The controller user can view your system in guidance mode, but cannot control the remote mouse or keyboard. For more information about this session type, see the IBM® BigFix® Remote Control Controller User's Guide.
- Monitor
- The controller user can view your system in monitor mode, but cannot control the remote mouse or keyboard. For more information about this session type, see the IBM BigFix Remote Control Controller User's Guide.
- Chat
- You can chat with the controller user without allowing them to view your system.
- Hide applications
- To hide any running applications on the target that you do not want the controller user to see, click Hide applications. For more information about hiding applications, see Hiding applications. This option is available on the acceptance window when the Enable user acceptance for incoming connections server policy or the ConfirmTakeOver target property is enabled and set to yes.
Note: When you receive an acceptance
request,
you have a predefined number of seconds to accept or refuse it. If you do not accept in time, the
outcome of the request is determined by the values that are set for the following properties.
- Acceptance timeout action
- If the session was initiated from the IBM BigFix Remote Control Server.
- AcceptanceProceed
- If the session was initiated directly between the controller and the target.