In some situations where the 'drop user’ was failing, I have been able to switch over to the list of processes and abort each of the user’s processes.
The user was dropped when the last process successfully aborted. I can say that this hasn’t succeeded every time, but it has worked for me. Randy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Jaynes Senior Programmer and Customer Support http://printpoint.com • 845.687.3741 • PrintPoint, Inc • 57 Ludlow Lane • Palisades, NY 10964 Please send all email contacts to [email protected] > On Apr 15, 2020, at 11:28 AM, John J Foster via 4D_Tech > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey All, > > 4D v17.2 64bit Windows > Windows 10 Pro > > Another issue (last month actually) that I’m not sure if there is a fix. > Although client believes there is one! Here’s what happened: > > A User (client) froze up in the application and so they excited improperly by > quitting the 4D through the Task Manager. However they still show as being > logged in on the server. So on 4D Server -> Users tab they highlight the User > they want to Disconnect and hit Drop User…..it doesn’t work. > > And since 4D “thinks” they were still logged in then they couldn’t reconnect > as that user. > > Tried many times and the only fix was to restart the server. > > Is there something that can be done besides reminding them to not “Force > Quit”, bringing the 4D Server down and restarting? > > Anyone else experience this issues? > > Thanks, > John… > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************

