Active Sessions Information

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The Active Session information fields are described in Table 4.4. An authorized user can kill an active session with the Kill command.

Table 4.4: Active Sessions Field Descriptions

Field	Description

user	Logged in user

client_ip	Source of the connection

creation_time	Time of the session creation

session_type	Type of session (console, http)

connection_type	Type of connection (cli, wmi - that is, Web Manager)

target_name	Target name or alias if session is an access session

id	Session ID

parent id	Parent ID if session is a subsession

To view and kill Active_Sessions:

1.From the units level CLI prompt, enter cd active_sessions.

--:- units cli->cd active_sessions --:active_sessionscli->

2.Enter show. Information displays as shown about all active sessions.

--:- active_sessions cli-> show

user: admin

client_ip: none

creation_time: Tue Dec 18 03:31:01 2007

session_type: console

connection_type: cli target_name:

id: 37 parent_id:

--:- active_sessions cli->

3.To kill a session (if authorized), enter kill followed by the session number.

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