Meshcentral: Feature request - toggle consent during desktop connect

[cgb]

Generally I have the connection toolbar & notify enabled for a group of desktops, but don't require consent for conveneint remote access.

What do you think of the idea of permitting right-click on the Desktop connect button, similar to how admin shell / powershell is triggered, and provide the user with a 'connect+prompt for consent' option for those times when you want the user to opt-in to the remote support session?

[Ylianst]

Yes, this is possible, I would have to work on it.

[Ylianst]

Also, a quick note to mention that as of a few days ago, you can set the user consent settings for devices individually. Not the same as this request, but fairly quick to change.

[cgb]

Thanks Yilan, I was browsing through your recent commits and did see the per-device consent options, which is a fantastic addition. It gave me the idea for toggling consent on a per-device basis... :)

[Ylianst]

Just published MeshCentral v0.5.1-u with a bunch of web application improvements including right-click on the remote desktop connect button to ask for user consent. Let me know if this works.

[cgb]

Tested successfully, thank you so much for this, unbelievelable turn around between feature request & implementation!

[iviamandi]

Observation: if you have already set user with ask consent enabled, right click on Desktop Connect shows ask consent, but logs without user consent.
A user could log without consent, although he has not this right. Not ok.

[amenolo]

I can confirm the misbehavior and BTW could worth add similar action to Connect button under Files tabs at least (adding to Connect button under Terminal tab maybe would be tricky, I don't know really...).

[Ylianst]

OH!!! That is really bad. Working on this now! I can confirm, I see the same.

[Ylianst]

Published MeshCentral v0.5.1-v with a fix for this. The problem was a single character in the code:

before: ws.httprequest.consent += obj.consent;
after: ws.httprequest.consent |= obj.consent;

This version also has improved night mode.

[amenolo]

BTW along with user consent could be useful to force connection toolbar too so to have a temporary complete "consent mode", isn't it?

[Ylianst]

MeshCentral v0.5.1-w now has two options on the right-click connect.

[Ylianst]

I think I can close this one since it's been released. Please don't hesitate to open a new issue if you find any problems. Thanks.