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Why systemd doesn't try to stop (some) processes on session termination?

When I try to close a logind session (by logging out), some processes remain running under the session, preventing it from properly terminating, resulting in [email protected] not terminating either. I'...
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Xubuntu using xfce closes session every time without asking

My xfce session closes all the time, without any kind of prompt or message box saying that it will close. The weird thing is that it is almost automatically, I was using VirtualBox without a problem ...
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Allow to users to RDP into same Session on Same User

So im running a console application that logs a lot of information and also contains a user interface that 2 people will have to access, so hear me out - The 2 people the developers me and a friend, ...
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Shrew Soft VPN - "session terminated by gateway"

I am running Windows 7 64-bit. I use Shew Soft VPN to connect to several VPNs. Everything was working fine until a few days ago, but now, every time I connect to any VPN, it seems to connect but then ...
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How to sync chrome *logged in* sessions across devices?

Is there a way to sync not only passwords, cookies, bookmarks,but also the website logged in sessions themselves? I'm a developer that travels a lot but does not currently have a laptop (long story), ...
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Powershell: logged in via Terminal Services (RDP), run an application in the Console session

If I connect to an office PC with Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) I can see in Powershell that I have an RDP session: PS E:\> QWINSTA SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE ...
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How to copy a file from a nested ssh session inside another ssh session to the local host?

I want to copy a file from an ssh session to my local host. The problem is the ssh session isn't accessible from my local host, I need to first connect to an intermediate ssh (ssh1) session, then ...
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Prevent users from stealing remote sessions (Windows 7)

We have multiple users logging into the same computer remotely with the same account using Windows Remote Desktop. If somebody is currently remotely logged in, another person would only get a note ...
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IE 11 (with standard settings) forgets login session between restarts

IE 11, Windows 7 I rarely use IE but I noticed that on some but not all sites when I quit IE and restart I have to login again. Because I use it so infrequently my settings are all "standard", the ...
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Where to find config file for how many connection are permitted to the server

I'm not very familiar with UNIX systems yet and I need to connect to one server by telnet. When I try to connect I get following massage Connected to some.ip. Escape character is '^]'. too many ...
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Oracle Session Numbers Going Crazy - What is the best strategy to over come this issue?

We have a JVM web application which is running on Oracle Application Server and it uses commons-dbcp (http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/) and implicit connection pooling. Our db is Oracle. ...
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Chrome logs me out of everything when I exit--tried cookie-related stuff already

I've been using Chrome very successfully for a long time. It has always kept me logged in to all my sites even after exiting the app. Recently it started logging me out of everything when I exit ...
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How to recover/restore lost session in chrome?

So I signed out of one of my google accounts which had all my tabs and it immediately closed my session and replaced it with the session from my other account. Now the tabs from my original account ...
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Cannot restore last Chrome session. `Session_` file empty, but the `Tabs_` file preserved

Last time my Chrome browser crashed because there were no free space at $HOME folder. After I opened it (previously freeing about 2G of space at the partition), I was presented with the (usual) "...
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Is there a way to restore chrome tabs (and windows) to different desktops using the same chrome instance?

I'm looking for a way to restore chrome windows from the same chrome instance (e.g. using the same user-data-dir) to different windows desktops. Using chrome with one profile and one user-data-dir i ...
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Avoid multiple connections to a shared folder from one specific user on one specific client

Connection to a shared folder on client client-A (Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC) keeps getting blocked with the error message No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because ...
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Which Winlogon session is attached to the sound device?

I want to select and play music stored in my Windows 10 Home PC from mobile devices connected by home WiFi network. There's an Apache webserver running on my PC as a service logged on Local System ...
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LXDE Authentication Required for shutdown when logging in using NIS

This problem is solved, but I wanted to document it so I am able to find it again the next time. And for the benefit of other users. Debian 10 Buster 4.19.0-12-amd64 LXDE Systemd This error message ...
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tmux - Making new session with the name of the current one plus '-2'

bind S new-session -s "#{session_name}"-2 -c "#{pane_current_path}" Literally creates a session called #{session_name}-2. How do i properly interpolate the session name?
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Win7 - force existing user session to logoff, not disconnect, at RDP connection

This is a big unanswered question. Originally found at "Windows 7 - force existing user session to logoff, not disconnect, at log on", the question, with 75k views and no solution, is as follows: We'...
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What is the format of the Session Storage used in Chromium?

When websites make use of the HTML5 webstorage, Chromium stores the data of Local storage and Session storage in different directories. In my case (Ubuntu 16.04) that is ~/.config/chromium/Default/...
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How to debug an X session shutting down by itself

I currently have a very curious "crash" under X when I run a particular application. I say "crash" because as far as I can tell neither the application (HandBrake's ghb) or X crash. I've verified both ...
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Purpose of /etc/X11/Xsession.d files

I'm with linux and have some questions about Xsession. As I understand /etc/X11/Xsession script is launched when X Window System session is begun. But as I was examining code in /etc/X11/Xsession.d I ...
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Logout from terminal in Debian 8.2

I'm trying to log out from terminal. On Debian 8.3 I can use gnome-session-quit to achieve this, but on 8.2 there is no gnome-session-quit. I know that I can do pkill -u username to achieve this but I ...
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Trying to prevent session timeout due to inactivity

I am a student and need to be logged into www.taskstream.com for long periods of time. But it automatically logs me out if I have been inactive for more than 90 minutes. How do I stop this from ...
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Browser inside a browser

My employees and I frequently need to open several internal web pages next to each other on the screen. Currently we do this by opening several Chrome windows and spending time to arrange for example ...
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Play GNU screen terminal sessions and slow them down

I have some log files made with GNU screen which I would like to watch. These use elinks and vim, it is not simple bash text. If I use cat, it almost works save that it is too fast. Is there a way to ...
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Checking WinSCP connection status in PowerShell script

I have a script that get files from one location to another. My script works fine. However I'd like to check first for "connected sessions". With SSH.NET PowerShell module I checked this with: $...
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Windows sessions: Process Explorer vs. Logonsessions.exe

In researching a problem with an API call that is limited to particular sessions, I found some information that implied when you use runas to create a process as another user, a new security token is ...
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Starting a program in a running rdp-terminal-server (W2008R2) session with full control over the server but no control over the client?

I have full control over a Windows 2008 R2 server. A mobile client runs a windows terminal session on the server over RDP and WLAN. Its connection and session are currently active. Now I would like ...
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HTML / JS - Create new browsing session automatically when link clicked?

At the moment I am creating a web booking site using Google Calendar Appointment slots for my school (the school uses Google Apps). Because the school wants users to use their Google Apps account ...
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Unable to get the information using wget using session ID

I have been using Wget to pull the warranty information from my website using the following command. wget -q -O getinfo.tmp "http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/warrantyLookup.do?type=$TYPE&...
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captive portal session lockup

I'm using an internet at an apartment where they utilize a captive portal. All seems to be fine, but sometime when I try to use I got a message saying that "You are already logged in" but I can't use ...
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Windows-7 audio: controlling volume of applications on different user session

My usecase is as this. The PC is shared and there are two users logged in at the same time. The first user puts internet radio on speaker, has got browser running with some rogue tab opened that ...
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My PC is creating multiple sessions on websites I log into?

The administrator of one of the online games i regularly play recently brought to my attention that whenever i log on, multiple sessions of my account are created. Until yesterday this was not a ...
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Get error messages from gnome-shell

I want to run gnome-shell on my PC. I have Ubuntu and gnome-shell is installed from ppa. When I run: gnome-shell --replace the session fails - I am on the GDM login screen and can't get any error ...
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Session expiration issues with various browsers

For a while now, I have been having issues with several websites, which tell me either just after logging in, or after one or two clicks, that my session has expired and I need to log in again. ...
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Nextcloud AIO - How to persist modifications to php.ini in a docker container that frequently reboots

I’m running the Nextcloud AIO docker container. This consists of a master container that then runs the other containers such as the apache, and sql server containers. With this working I want to ...
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Stop windows from closing sessions that access clipboard at same time

I am using a program called "NoMachine". Its a remote access program. It works great except for one problem. See, I use the program to connect to a remote host that has two monitors. I ...
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Windows Server 2019, SSH server, max number of connections or concurrent users?

We are using Win2019, and enabled the built-in SSH server. We have different client devices (each with different IP addresses) connecting to this SSH server. We would like to know, on the Win2019 SSH ...
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How to access Styx Browser & Duckduckgo sessions/tabs on my Android & transferring them to my Linux PC, possibly adb method, is root needed?

I've tried every solution recommended. My smartphone is not rooted, it is an LG L355DL, LG K31 Rebel, Android version 10. I got many tabs on my browsers that I need to transfer & review. When I ...
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Where does Microsoft Edge store InPrivate sessions?

I understand this is a tricky question. I was visiting several important sites on a borrowed device (Windows 11 Pro, Edge up to date), using Microsoft Edge in InPrivate mode (like Chrome's Incognito ...
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How to generate random session for SSH ID in Linux?

I am searching about random session ID for ssh in Linux. If someone accessses with SSH the session ID increases sequentially, How to generate a random session ID? Example. setting in OS or Include ...
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How do I restore a lost or previous session in Brave (Chromium) browser?

I MUST find an answer to this, folks, PLEASE HELP ME! I lost all my pinned, grouped AND standalone tabs in Brave (Chromium) browser, right after the browser locked up and crashed. Upon browser restart,...
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How can I setup chrome from the Preferences file to restore the tabs from last session

The computer I am using from office has restricted browser. I would like to set up just the option where I can get the tabs from previous session, because it is not available in settings. I found that ...
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Outlook restore file extension?

Outlook saves recover information in a file that is used after an unintentional shutdawn with the /restore switch. Does anybody remember the extension for the recovery file?
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Cookie session Firefox

WGET need some cookies (because he like those, but not only), because some files are only accessible while authenticated. But i find nowhere how to get these cookies (and i can't autenticate from WGET ...
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How to find out which of the Chrome sessions is playing sounds? Windows 10

I found this question: How can I find out which tab is playing music? but it is an old question that does not solve my problem, which is very similar - or even the same - but the answers there do ...
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.xsessionrc doesn't call, but it should

I recently moved from Ubuntu to Debian 10 Buster (gnome). I created ~/.xsessionrc file with this content: if [ -r ~/.profile ]; then . ~/.profile; fi When I restart (or login) still .profile didn't ...
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Session expired within few seconds

I am very new to PHP. I am trying to develop a website with a database. It's all seems good till sometime before, but recently I am facing a very critical problem. After a successful login, within 5-6 ...
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