Multiple remote sessions on Mac OS

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In Windows there is RDP. You cannot use RDP like VNC to see what is going on a screen, it is designed to start a session in a PC and work on it.

In Windows Server you can have multiple sessions simultaneously, so multiple users can work on the server.

My question is: how can I accomplish that on Mac? How can I have an iMac and let two users connect to it simultaneously to different sessions?

Ricardo Polo

Posted 2012-03-07T01:16:04.830

Reputation: 436

Will the users be using the same or different user accounts? – Cajunluke – 2012-03-07T01:19:23.800

It really doesn't matter. But users should see different desktops with different things, like in Windows – Ricardo Polo – 2012-03-07T01:20:55.417

http://serverfault.com/questions/8966/mac-os-x-multi-user-thin-client-server-terminal-server See the Aqua Connect and iRAPP. – Zoredache – 2012-03-07T01:44:33.537

Answers

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If you have OSX 10.7 installed, there is a new feature in screen sharing to allow this. You can now log into an existing session that's open on the computer, or another session in the background, running in parallel. It's similar to what Terminal Server provides (when used with multiple accounts), only free.

David

Posted 2012-03-07T01:16:04.830

Reputation: 574

About the client.. Is only available for Mac? Can a user get connecte form a pc sometime? – Ricardo Polo – 2012-03-07T06:29:07.937