TSCON

Connects to another session.

TSCON /?

TSCON session_id | session_name [/dest:server_name] [/password:pw] [/v]

session_id (NT2000)

The ID of the session to which you want to connect. If you use the optional /dest:server_name parameter, this is the ID of the session to which you want to connect.

session_name (NT2000)

The name of the session to which you want to connect.

/? (NT2000)

Displays help.

/dest:server_name (NT2000)

Specifies the name of the current session. This session will disconnect when you connect to the new session.

/password:pw (NT2000)

The password of the user who owns the session to which you want to connect. This password is required when the connecting user does not own the session.

/v (NT2000)

Displays information about the actions being performed.

none.

You must have Full Control access permission or Connect special access permission to connect to another session.

The /dest:server_name parameter allows you to connect the session of another user to a different session.

If you do not specify a password in the /password parameter, and the target session belongs to a user other than the current one, tscon fails.

You cannot connect to the console session.

To connect to session 9 on the current terminal server and disconnect the current session, type:

    TSCON 9

To connect to session 11 on the current terminal server, using the password "secret", and disconnect the current session, type:

    TSCON 11 /password:secret

To connect the session named TERM01 to the session named TERM02, and then disconnect session TERM05, if it is connected, type:

    TSCON TERM01 /dest:TERM02 /v

none.

External

DOS

none

Windows

none

Windows NT

NT2000 NTXP NT2003