Terminal server sessions

[pagy]

Quick query - On one of my TS boxes I see the following sessions;
RDP-Tcp#110 for example but there is no user log on associated with this session just a client name (I assume the PC they are connecting from) and the only processes they have active are csrss.exe and winlogin.exe.
If I try and disconnect these sessions I get an error;
Session ID (#) disconnect failed (error 6 the handle is invalid)

What are these sessions and why can't I disconnect them?

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[itsp1965]

Could be a logoff/disc session that failed. Instead of disconnecting did you try resetting the session.

 

[pagy]

Ah, that makes some sense then. The TS boxes are underpowered and overused so I could well imagine logoff or disconnects failing as the box falls over in a heap again.
If I do a reset on the session not a great deal happens, the session stays there. I thought reset was just a fancy word for deleting the session??




Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[pagy]

I tell a lie. About 10 mins after hitting reset on one of those sessions an error appears;
Session (ID27)reset failed
(Error 31 - Adevice attached to the system is not functioning)

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[scottew]

I'm not sure why that is happening, but one thing that I do is set a policy to automatically logoff disconnected sessions after 15 minutes and logoff idle sessions after an hour.

 

[lhuegele]

Yeah, I say try to log them off (as apposed to disconnect). If all else fails, try a reboot of the server.

 

[pagy]

There's a actually a policy set to logoff disconnected sessions after just 1 minute but some seem to hang around, maybe as itsp1965 says if the logoff or disconnect fails somehow. There is also a policy to logoff idle users after 30 mins.
Rebooting the server/s is all I do at the moment, they are not the healthiest terminal servers in the world.

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein