> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Benson Smith [mailto:iblist@...]
>
> Brenden Walker wrote:
>
> >Uh, yes there is a guardian. For the 'default instance' Firebird
> >Server service, if you install it that way. Shutting down
> the guardian
> >shuts down the "firebird server (defaultinstance)" service
> (exactly as
> >expected).
> >
> >The problem with the other connections is that I cannot
> force a client
> >on a remote machine to shutdown.
> >
> Brenden,
>
> Sorry I haved tested CS on linux only, don't know if the guardian are
> doing the job of xinetd on windows...
>
> But someone will jump on and clarify this issue for you !

Boy, I hope so.. I know that WM_QUIT works when IB/FB are running under
Windoze as an application, and it shuts down gracefully. The only other
option I have at this point is to set a flag in a database table that tells
our remove clients to shutdown.