Is it possible to restrict people access to peek through my files in a shared terminal Visual Studio Code?

Question

I would like to have a shared terminal in VScode when working on a group project, but I don't want people peeking through my files on my computer. Is this possible to do right now with the LiveShare extension?

Answer 1

You can share a terminal read-only, so only you as the host can run commands, but guest collaborators may just see the output of commands you run:

After starting a collaboration session, click Share terminal... > Read-only. Alternatively, you can bring up the Command Palette..., (partially) enter >Live Share: Share Terminal and select Read-only.

Keep in mind that in VS Code, already opened terminals are automatically shared read-only by default when starting to Share. However, you can disable this in the Settings:

"liveshare.autoShareTerminals": false

Note:

If the collaboration session is in read-only mode, only read-only terminals can be shared by the host.

See also the Visual Studio Live Share Docs:

• Sharing a terminal (Reference)
• Share a terminal (How-to Guides: VS Code)