16COREBUILDER 6000 INTELLIGENT SWITCHING SOFTWARE REVISION 8.2.0
Disconnecting an Active telnet or rlogin Session
Modifications to the telnet and rlogin features of the CoreBuilder 6000 system allow you to preempt users by forcing a disconnection. This administrative feature requires you to use the system
The rlogin usage is identical to the telnet usage. Substitute rlogin wherever you see telnet.
Implementation. When you attempt to use the telnet command to enter a system that is being used by another telnet connection, the system displays:
Sorry, this system is engaged by another telnet session.
Host IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Logout the other telnet session? (Y/N) y
Enter Password: administer-level-password
The first telnet session is disconnected and the system displays:
LOGGING OUT the other telnet session.
You can then connect in the usual manner.
If you enter an incorrect password, the system displays:
Incorrect password. Disconnecting.
The system automatically disconnects after it receives three incorrect attempts at the
If you respond n to the request to disconnect, your session disconnects and the original connection remains established. The system displays:
Disconnecting
CAUTION: When you preempt a telnet or rlogin session in this manner, the current session user receives no notice that the session will be disconnected.
If you enter y at the Logout the other telnet session? prompt and it is not accepted, it is probably because of the telnet configuration on the UNIX host. To force the system to accept your response to the prompt, follow these steps: