On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 21:18:18 -0500, Javier Valencia wrote: >I was referring to the "old" DOS version, 4.5++ (and before) which is the >last one I used and used the server.sys (server5.sys?) file that was >normally stored in a separate directory (in the path) and kept track of the >number of users to the maximum allowed by the user packs(license). Many >times I used the RBADMIN utility to log out inactive users to allow other to >login. I am not familiar with the server6.rbg as the next version of DOS I >used is 6.5, which did away with this system of keeping track of users all >together.
That's all true, but that has nothing to do with the number of users connected that shows at the top of a LIST command when a database is connected in multi-user mode. The "network access control file" (which had changed its name over the versions) is tracking users of the R:Base executables, compared to the license limit. The number of users and user list you saw in RBADMIN were people running R:Base. They didn't have to be connected to any database, or could all be connected to different databases. They were just all logged into the same SERVERwhatever.whatever file. The LIST command count shows R:Base connections and other (ODBC) connections at the moment, to this particular database. It never checked the license limit. But any user who closes a DOS session with the windows X control, or who loses power, or otherwise disconnects abnormally, is still showing in that count, even if you remove them through RBADMIN from the server6.rbg or server.sy5 file. When there are zero users connected to a particular database, then the next user will again be number 1. Beginning in version 6.0, (I think), there was a slight relationship between the two: R:Base began checking that all R:Base users connected to a single database all be logged in to the same server6.rbg file as each other. This was an attempt to prevent license cheating, by people who figured out they could make multiple copies of their network access control file. When the Network Access Control File disappeared, it became easier to install and administer R:Base, but RBADMIN was obsolete. Yet there is still a current connection count, and it still loses track of abnormally disconnected users. Bill ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
