another ctrl/alt/delt problem

[Tom]

"Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 06:11:44AM -0700, Rebecca Goldberg wrote:
> > there.  Every time I have tried to send the CAD, it tries to shut down
> > my own pc.  Yes, winVNC is running as a service.  The only thing I can
> > think is that the CAD screen on the server pc (which appears after
> > choosing the menu option to close all programs) is a different sized
> > image; it is smaller than the desktop.  I'm not sure, but I don't think
> > this is a change in resolution, though.  And if that were the problem,
> > wouldn't the session disconnect, instead of the CAD registering on my
> > own (viewer) pc?
>
> Nope, this is not your problem.
>
> > I'm sure this question has been answered a hundred times, and I do
> > appreciate your patience with those of us just learning the ropes!
>
> This is covered in the doco, but perhaps a bit weakly.
>
> Everyone save this message for later; 'k?
>
> When you're trying to tell a VNC server "Control-Alt-Delete", there are
> three possibilities:
>
> 1) I have all three keys, but they're going to reboot _my_ machine.

This is a shutdown-h now and restart in Linux.

> 2) I don't have all three keys (Pilot, WinCE, Amiga, etc... viewers).
>
> 3) I have all three keys, and my local machine reboots some other way.
>
> In most cases, the viewer program you are using will have some sort of
> menu available, with an item that sends the CAD sequence to the other
> end.  You almost never -- at least on a Windows viewer -- actually
> _hit_ control+alt+delete to to that to the _server_ machine.
>
> Hope this clears things up a bit.
>

But the Linux viewer does not have this in it's menu and so cannot
unlock an NT to be able to login or to subsequently lock it before
detaching.  If there is another way do do this via the keyboard someone
please let me know.  I need this desperately.

Thanks,
Tom



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