VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Server Administration for Windows Clients
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Using the VCTL Program
This section provides instructions on using the vctl program. The vctl program enables the VISTA
Plus administrator to display information on the server and to stop the server. The available options
are listed below.
VCTL Program Options
abort Immediately aborts the VISTA Plus server and terminates all client processes.
ping Checks to see if the VISTA Plus server is responding.
slaves Displays a list of all clients, with the following information: Pid, login time, user id.
status Allows you to obtain the VISTA Plus server status, including the following:
Program version, id, port, pid, number of slaves, and state.
stop Notifies the VISTA Plus server to stop when the last of its clients terminates.
Notifies all server clients to disallow further commands, except closing files and
logging out.
VCTL Examples
To check that the server is still responding, enter the vctl program’s ping command.
# ./vctl ping
Server responded
To display a list of clients communicating with the server, enter the vctl program’s slaves
command.
# ./vctl slaves
Pid Login Client Address User Id
18935 04/13/94 13:35 silver.quests.com chris
18941 04/13/94 13:35 silver.quests.com chris