MS: Terminal Services Commands

Change logon
Uses the following parameters to enable or disable client session logons and displays the current logon status. This utility is useful for system administration. The abbreviation for this command is Chlogon.
/enable: Enables user logon from clients, but not from the console (default setting).
/disable: Disables subsequent logons from clients. Does not affect users who are already logged on.
/query: Displays the current logon status.

Change port
Changes the mapping logic for serial ports to be compatible with MS- DOS applications. The abbreviation for this command is Chgport.

Change user
Uses the following parameters to change the mapping of .ini files and the registry for the current user during application installation. The abbreviation for this command is Chguser.
/execute: Enables the mapping of .ini files to the home directory (default setting).
/install: Disables the mapping of .ini files to the home directory during application installation.
/query: Displays the current setting.

Flattemp
Enables or disables a common (flat) temporary folder (temp mapping).
/enable: Enables common temporary folders.
/disable: Disables common temporary folders.
/query: Displays the current setting.

Logoff
Terminates a user session.

Msg
Sends a message to one or more users.

Query process
Displays information about the processes of all user sessions on a terminal server. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as process ID, user name, session name, session ID, program, or server name.

Query session
Displays information about the sessions running on a terminal server. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as user name, session name, session ID, program, or server name.

Query termserver
Lists all terminal servers running on the network. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as server name or domain.

Query user
Displays information about the users logged on to a terminal server. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as user name, session name, session ID, program, or server name.

Query winsta
Same as the Query session command.

Reset session
Resets a user session to initial values. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as session name, session ID, or server name.

Rwinsta
Same as the Reset session command.

Shadow
Allows the monitoring of the terminal server session of another user. This command includes parameters for further specification of the desired information, such as session name, session ID, or server name. All information displayed on the shadowed computer session is also displayed on the target computer.

Tscon
Attaches the client or user to an existing terminal server session.

Tsdiscon
Disconnects the client or user session from the terminal server.

Tskill
Terminates a selected process using its process ID or its name in combination with the server name and the session ID. Administrators can use this command for all processes; users can use it only for their own processes.

Tsprof
Copies the configuration information of a Terminal Services user to the configuration data of another user. You can also use the Tsprof command to update a user's profile path.

Tsshutdn
Allows an administrator to shut down the terminal server in a controlled manner. After starting Tsshutdn, no programs can be executed anymore. The session of the user who started Tsshutdn is still active, but all session information will have read-only permissions.

In particular, commands starting with Query are able to transfer many functions of the Terminal Services Administration graphical tool to the command line. (See Chapter 4.)