Hi All,

On Mac Os the Screen Sharing feature is similar to Remote Desktop Service. Is there a way to determine whether the terminal where we are starting the application(our own application) is real desktop or remotely accessed (screen shared) desktop?

For Ex:

I have booted(logged in) the Mac A sytem with user1 account. From another Mac B machine, i will login to user2 account of Mac A sytem using Screen sharing feature. My application has to run only on real desktop, not on remotely accessed desktop(screen shared). So Is there a way(programmatically) to determine whether the terminal where I am starting the application is real desktop or remotely accessed (screen shared) desktop?

Thanks & Regards,
Vinay

every process has parent id - try checking for parent id for given child process id .

But the program runs always local on Mac A. And although you “connect” as user2, you get the output of the currently logged in user1.

So, you just want to detect whether anyone connected at all using screen sharing?