Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2851

Controlling Resource Allocation with Locks
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Server Operating System Administration Guide
The workstation monitor displays a message:
Client32: Please wait while Application retries
request to servername. To stop waiting, press Enter.
NetWare will then return an error and try to
reconnect in the background.
You can use a combination of the console commands to prevent clients from
reconnecting long enough to complete your work on the server.
1. To warn users, see
91.
2. To prevent auto-reconnect users from reattaching to the server while you
are working on it, enter DISABLE LOGIN at the System Console prompt
before you clear the connections. See
on page 93.
3. Then use CLEAR STATION to terminate the connection as discussed in
"Using CLEAR STATION to Clear a Connection" on page
disabled, a workstation with auto-reconnect enabled will still try to
reestablish its connection automatically, but the necessary services on the
login server won't be available. (After the connections are cleared,
workstation attachments appear as *NOT-LOGGED-IN entries in
MONITOR's Active Connections window.)
4. When you have completed your server tasks, enter ENABLE LOGIN to
allow users to log in again.
HINT:
Note that if you don't clear a workstation's connection and a communication
failure occurs (such as a broken or unplugged network cable), the workstation will
be able to auto-reconnect when the problem is fixed.
A lock prevents a file or record from being updated by more than one user at
a time. By controlling the number of file and record locks available to a
workstation or a server, you control access to files and records.
You can increase the number of locks if clients cannot open files. Or you can
limit the number of locks to prevent overuse of file resources.
"Sending Console Messages to Workstations" on page
"Disabling and Enabling Logins"
92. With login