Unfortunately, I believe that is Windows refusing the connection when you shutdown - and you are right, it is incredibly annoying.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Swift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday/2002 March 05 17.46 Subject: shutdown gotcha with Win32 host : When running VNC as a service on Win2k, one can reboot the host : machine via the remote client. The machine reboots, the service runs, : and one can reconnect with the client, log in, and so on -- : : *unless* during the shutdown process Windows encounters a program that : it cannot close (most notably, any Cygwin bash shell). Windows then : puts up a popup window asking the user to confirm a more forceful kill : of that program. The sequence of events in this case is the : following: : : select reboot on host : VNC host closes client connection : Windows encounters a problem process and requests user input : : In this state, the VNC host responds to attempts to reconnect with a : client, but after authentication immediately drops them, with a : message to the effect that the connection was dropped because a : shutdown is in process. : : The result is the inconvenient necessity, when rebooting a host : remotely, to kill as many processes as possible manually, to avoid the : possibility of locking oneself out of the system permanently, until : one can visit the actual remote machine and manually confirm to : Windows that it may kill that dratted Cygwin shell (or other process). : : There is more than one way to address this problem -- and probably : more than one way ought to be pursued. : : Is there a way to invoke an "unconditional reboot" in Win2k that I do : not know about? : : There will always be a risk of a "stuck" process, so if there is not a : way to ask Windows to reboot unconditionally, then I think VNC ought : to let clients connect when a shutdown is in process. I do not : understand the reason it declines to accept connections, but whatever : it is, I would be surprised if it applies in the circumstances : described, and would be surprised if the negative consequences of : allowing a connection are as dire as the consequences of declining : one. : : Any insight or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: : 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY : See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html : --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
