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The Remote Session service can establish an active remote command-line window with a client system. The Remote Session window is capable of many command-line functions that are available under the remote system's operating system, allowing for significant remote system management and troubleshooting capabilities.

Notes:

  1. Remote Session returns only standard text. If you enter a command that starts a graphic application on the remote system, your Remote Session will appear to "hang". If this occurs, close the Remote Session window and begin again.
  2. Remote Session requires a Java-enabled Web browser for operation.

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Establishing a Remote Command-Line Window Session

To establish the remote command-line session:

  1. Select Start
  2. This will open a Java Applet Window providing remote command-line control to the requested system.

    Note: If the remote session failed to start, you may already have an established session. Check the connection status displayed on the Netfinity Remote Session service screen to determine why the remote session failed to start.

To close the remote command-line session:

  1. Select Stop to close the remote command-line session. Alternately, if the remote system is running OS/2, Windows, Windows 95,Windows 98, or Windows NT you can type "exit" in the Java Applet Window to close the remote command-line session.

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Remote Session on OS/2 and Windows Systems

When you are using Remote Session on a system running Netfinity Services for OS/2, Netfinity Services for Windows, Netfinity Services for Windows 95, Netfinity Services for Windows 98, or Netfinity Services for Windows NT, all local keystrokes are passed through to the remote system.

To generate key combinations such as Ctrl+C to pass to the remote system:

  1. Select Ctrl from the bottom of the Java Applet Window
  2. This will enable Ctrl as a prefix to the following key sequence.

  3. Type "C" and then "Enter" to send Ctrl-C key sequence to remote system

Keystrokes within the Remote Session, are treated as they would be under the remote system's default command shell. If the remote system is running OS/2, the default command shell is CMD.EXE. If the remote system is running Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT, the default command shell is the remote system's DOS COMMAND.COM.

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Remote Session on NetWare Systems

Using Remote Session you can take over the System Console of a remote NetWare server. This function is similar to the remote console capabilities of the RCONSOLE.EXE utility included with NetWare. You can use Remote Session to load and unload NLMs remotely, and to check the status of all currently available screens.

Remote Session will pass all standard alphanumeric keystrokes through to the remote NetWare server.

Note:

  1. Alt+F3 switches to the next NetWare screen. The Plus (+) key on your numeric keypad will perform the same function.
  2. Alt+F4 switches to the previous NetWare screen. The Minus (-) key on your numeric keypad will perform the same function.
  3. Remote Session cannot pass through the Ctrl+Esc keystrokes that would ordinarily bring up the NetWare Current Screens list. You cannot access the Current Screen list with Remote Session.

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Exiting

To exit the Remote Session service, select the "Netfinity" image on the top or bottom of the Remote Session service to return to the Netfinity services screen.

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