HowTo restart VNC Server/NT automatically at logout

[Robert S. Huss]

Of course,  this assumes you are sitting on an NT machine to do the remote
controling of the service!  Another option is to run a batch program every
5 minutes which checks to see if anyone is logged on, and if not, start the
service with the Net Start command.  Also, I think there are some
shareware/freeware tools that let you create a logout script.

Bob



At 12:39 PM 3/17/00 +0100, you wrote:
>
>We simply start/stop/administer the service remotely...
>(Using the ServerAdmin program that comes with NT4 Server)
>
>I suppose there are other programs available that allow you to do the
same... 
>
>(that is, on NT machines)
>
>At 10:48 17/03/00 -0000, James \"Wez\" Weatherall wrote:
>>> Now comes the problem:
>>> Some of my colleagues don't like the idea that someone can view their
>>> desktop while they are logged in. Besides that this PC is mostly used
>>> to write to CD-R. Therefore they disable the VNC server. That's fine.
>>>
>>> But of course the service gets never restarted besides boot time (which
>>> is not done often). And for me it's impossible to access that PC
>>> from home then.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to restart the VNC service whenever someone logs out?
>>> Without needing cooperation from that user (I think there ia a place
>>> where a user could start something ...).
>>
>>There is a way to do this but I'm not sure it will work using the current
>>release, which has a preferences bug.  (I can post you a patched executable
>>to tide you over until the next release)
>>The easiest solution is to have your colleagues use the User Properties
>>dialog to disable incoming socket connections.  Because User Properties are
>>per-user, when they logout, the listening socket will be restored and you'll
>>be able to connect.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>James "Wez" Weatherall
>>--
>>          "Xenophobes should go back to Xenophobia"
>>Laboratory for Communications Engineering, Cambridge - Tel : 766513
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>>
>>
>>
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>Cu
>Roby.
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