Ok this is for windows 2003, not linux

I was wondering how you can run a program in a background on windows 2003 termail, I telnet in, say if you run a server, eg: soldat i excute the server but when i close the termail window it closes I tryed adding & to the end and it does nothin, how can I run a program in the background and it keeps running when you closed the window

Digtanion,

You should be able to connect to the physical console of the server with remote desktop using the /console option of mstsc.exe.

From your local machine's command prompt, run

mstsc /console

then connect as normal and run whatever you need. When you close the rdesktop window the console will be locked and your programs will continue running.

Try using srvany.exe which can be found in the resource kit. Using this utility you can add this program as a service. No matter if you log off or reboot, the program will continue to run in the background.

thanks very much