Inactive VNC sessions timeout

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffery Myers [mailto:JMyers@webtonetech.com]
> 
> Very true.  The issue I have noticed is people opening a 
> session and leaving it minimized on their desktop for 
> literally days on end.  Developers are a different bunch. <grin>
> Any suggestions?

Don't bother the developers, just let them use how they want it. They do so
anyway.

What's the problem leaving the session open? There should be no problem
having a session open for a few years. 

CBee


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Hooper [mailto:whooper@freeshell.org]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffery Myers" <JMyers@webtonetech.com>
> 
> > I seem to remember an earlier discussion about this but 
> can't seem to locate in my archives.
> > I would like to be able to disconnect sessions with no 
> activity after a period of time.
> > Is there an easy way?
> > I'm using Linux on the server side and Win32 on the viewer.
> > j
> 
> That is actually against the main mission of VNC (the "same desktop
> everywhere" concept).  That being said, if you use the inetd method of
> starting VNC it will kill the sessions after the viewer disconnects.