[THIN] Re: Screen save password
- From: "Matthew Shrewsbury" <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:16:47 -0500
You're totally correct; I am way to soft on my users but management like
it that way. I was hoping someone might have a screen saver they
developed for the TS/Citrix environment. I did notice that if I look at
the user in the CMC that sometimes there is a *.scr running and I
suspect that I could end that process. However if I shadow first I get
the locked screen and the *.scr goes away. I suspect that all the screen
saver does is it calls the locked screen API when the users moves the
mouse or keyboard and unloads itself.
Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
Network Manager
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Roger Riggins
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:42 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Screen save password
You could just reset their password and connect to their session. That
way when they call helpdesk the next day somebody can tell them to make
sure they are logging off.
It sounds to me like you're being too kind to your end users. If you
have an app or two that requires a graceful shutdown, then I'd start
talking to the staff's supervisors about the problem. If they don't
require a graceful shutdown, tell them to log off when they're done and
configure your idle and disconnect timeouts. It shouldn't be your
responsibility to save their work for them (at least that's what BOFH
tells me). :-)
Roger Riggins
Network Administrator
Lutheran Services in Iowa
w: 319.859.3543
c: 319.290.5687
http://www.lsiowa.org
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike MacDonald
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:22 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Screen save password
Just curious, but what make/model of thin-clients are you using? Some,
such as the Wyse OS/Blazer devices will all you to lock the thin-client
session using the domain username/password despite the client not being
part of the domain.
-Mike
On 10/26/06, Matthew Shrewsbury <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
Because the clients are thin clients and don't directly authenticate on
the domain.
Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
Network Manager
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Edward VanDewars
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:07 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Screen save password
Why don't you set the screensaver on the client instead of the server
session?
On 10/26/06, Matthew Shrewsbury < MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
We have a number of users that access a published desktop. Because of
security concerns they have a screen saver kick in after 20 minutes of
no activate and it requires a password.
My problem is people leave and I need to shutdown their desktop session
so I shadow them and find the screen saver on. I don't have their
password so I can't gracefully close down there session. Is there a
screen saver that allows an admin to over ride it without logging off
the session so I can close their apps gracefully? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
Network Manager
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