Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell

2017-07-07 02:10:07

net config server

Control settings for the Server service.

Syntax

net config server [/autodisconnect: minutes ] [/srvcomment:" text "] [/hidden:{yes no}]

Options

None: Shows current settings.
/autodisconnect:minutes: Sets the maximum idle time before disconnecting user sessions. (The default is 15, and the allowed range is 1-65,535.) Specify -1 to never disconnect a user .
/srvcomment:"text": Displays the comment when the net view command is used (up to 48 characters ). Be sure to use the quotes.
/hidden:[yes no]: Hides the server name from the net view command. (The default is no .)

Examples

Display the configuration of the Server service on the local machine:

net config server Server Name \TEST Server Comment Hello Software version WS2003 Server is active on NetBT_Tcpip_{54414D01-02DA-4783-B931-C9AC7A70EDDD} (0000b4a04774) NetBT_Tcpip_{54414D01-02DA-4783-B931-C9AC7A70EDDD} (0000b4a04774) NetbiosSmb (000000000000) NetbiosSmb (000000000000) Nbf_{54414D01-02DA-4783-B931-C9AC7A70EDDD} (0000b4a04774) Nbf_NdisWanNbfOut{0D374F9E-C395-4C81-BDFA- FC1503D82B34} (f46f20524153) Nbf_NdisWanNbfIn{AEDAF533-9187-477C-BDF7- 07B657D13D4F} (f25920524153) NwlnkNb (0000b4a04774) Nbf_NdisWanNbfOut{0EC56659-6FD4-4E8A-BF83- 146D25681D8B} (f6f420524153) Nbf_NdisWanNbfIn{160A090E-ACA6-4D63-95E3- 6E111EB3A6D4} (f2e620524153) Nbf_NdisWanNbfOut{033CCCCB-D120-4913-A25F- 3DD13FE9E915} (f46f20524153) NwlnkIpx (000000000001) Server hidden No Maximum Logged On Users Unlimited Maximum open files per session 16384 Idle session time (min) 15 The command completed successfully.

Table 5-6 shows the fields displayed.

Table 5-6. Displayed in net config server command output

Field	Description
Server name	UNC name of server
Server comment	"Text" value specified
Software version	WS2003
Server is active on	Protocols bound to service
Server hidden	Yes or no
Maximum logged-on users	Unlimited
Maximum open files per session	16,384
Idle session time (minutes)	15 minutes by default

Disconnect user sessions after five minutes of inactivity:

net config server /autodisconnect:5 The command completed successfully.

Notes

Changes made using this command take effect immediately and are permanent.

It's better to modify Server service parameters by editing the registry directly instead of using this command with any of its three switches. The reason is that using this command permanently saves the current settings of the Server service to the registry and disables autotuning of the Server service. Autotuning is a mechanism by which WS2003 tries to maintain optimum performance for the Server service. For example, if you add more memory to your server after running net config server /autodisconnect:5 , the result is that WS2003 will be unable to automatically configure itself to make best use of the additional memory. Note, however, that using net config server without any additional parameters doesn't have this negative effect. To learn how to undo this problem should it occur, see Knowledge Base article 128167.

To configure the Workstation service, use net config workstation .