Have you turned ON Keep-Alives in Accuterm? Dave
> > Update on this case. > If you set the sleep mode on your local PC such that it goes to sleep > (power save), say while you are at lunch, this will apparently disconnect > Universe telnet sessions. I tested this on my own PC, with ALL OTHER > programs not running, except Accuterm connected to Universe which from the > command prompt was doing a Loop-On Time with a five minute pause between > loops. > > I set the sleep mode to go to sleep in one minute (typically you might > have 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour). > When it went to sleep, or rather when I woke it up ten minutes or so > later, my session had been disconnected. > > This may explain not one, but *two* issues we are having here. Zombie > sessions where the person never does login and yet the telnet process > keeps running forever (which have apparentlydisappeared on Universe 11), > and users getting disconnected while in records (because they went to > lunch apparently). > > So the moral of the story is, set your sleep mode to wait at *least* an > hour before going to sleep. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wjhonson <wjhon...@aol.com> > To: u2-users <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Tue, Sep 25, 2012 4:02 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] [Windows] > > > > Update on this case. > We recently upgraded our main server to Universe 11, and it's also a > virtual > server > The problem with these zombie telnet sessions appears to have gone > bye-bye. > > I haven't seen any in nine days, and they used to appear one to three > times > every day. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wjhonson <wjhon...@aol.com> > To: u2-users <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 2:47 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] [Windows] > > > No that's wrong. So far none of the solutions presented has given me the > IP or > hostname of the particular telnet clients involved. > > As I mentioned before, you probably didn't read this one, when you start a > telnet client it appears in the tasklist > > In this case, it's tl_server.exe which is Rocket's special telnet server > However IF you do *not* login on that telnet server, then no corresponding > entry > > is made in the netstat table, or perhaps one is made and then nulled out > again. > > At the point you want to ask, well what are the ip numbers of these > connections, > > you have 62 tl_server entries and 61 (repeat 61, not 62) netstat entries. > That > one extra "zombie entry" in the tasklist, is not present in the netstat > output. > > So netstat is apparently only showing live or active connections or > whatever you > > might call it, whereas the windows server is holding on to one or more > *extra* > zombies. > > Yes you can kill those *extra* tl_server.exe sessions, but really it would > be > nice to know what activated them. > > I killed all the zombies last week, and now I'm back up to about six extra > tl_server sessions without corresponding netstat entries > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Gravagno <3xk547...@sneakemail.com> > To: u2-users <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > Sent: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 2:37 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] [Windows] > > > What's the real goal here? To get the hostname of any random telnet > client? You have the information you need to do that. If nothing else > you can get the IP address and someone can manually chase down who's > connecting in. Block rogue connections at the firewall. > > I mean, at this point you're going around in circles and the detail > you're providing is irrelevant to the task. What still needs to be > resolved? You're right. It doesn't matter what client program is being > used as long as they come in via the standard telnet port and we don't > care what time of night someone is connecting in. > > Why can't this thread be marked RESOLVED? > > T > >> From: Wjhonson >> Oops I need to modify my message about these zombie tl_server.exe >> Windows sessions... > > [huge snip of mostly group-generated footers] > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
