Network Share Access Denied After Limit Met, Then a Disconnect
Article ID: 116043
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
This article was previously published under Q116043
SYMPTOMS
When two computers access a shared file or application on a network share
where the limit of connections is set to two, a third computer is still
unable to access the shared file or application even after one of the other
two computers have closed the file or quit the application.
CAUSE
By design, a dormant network connection remains alive for 10 minutes after
a computer quits a shared file or application on a network share.
In the case above, the computer that closed the shared file or quit the
shared application still has a dormant network connection and because the
network share is limited to two, the third computer is still unable to
access the shared file or application.
NOTE: Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 behaves the same way.
WORKAROUND
To delete a dormant network connection:
- From the computer with the dormant connection, use the following command
to delete the connection:
NET USE \\server\share /d
- From the server, an administrator can use the following command to
delete the dormant connection:
net sess \\computername /d
Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt
Keywords: kbnetwork KB116043