HowTo restart VNC Server/NT automatically at logout

[Wayne Willcox]

Of course you could just use telnet to run the net start command :-)


On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 02:09:34PM -0500, Robert S. Huss wrote:
> 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
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >Roby.
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