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Stop CA ControlMinder

You use the secons utility to stop CA ControlMinder on local and remote computers. You do not require any specific Windows privileges to stop CA ControlMinder, but you must have the ADMIN or OPERATOR attribute in CA ControlMinder.

Note: You cannot stop CA ControlMinder while it is running from Windows Services Manager. You must use the secons utility to stop CA ControlMinder before you modify a CA ControlMinder service in Windows Services Manager.

To stop CA ControlMinder

1. Open a command prompt window and navigate to the directory containing the CA ControlMinder binaries.

   By default, the CA ControlMinder binaries are located at C:\Program Files\CA\Access Control\bin.

2. Enter the following command:

   secons -s [hosts | ghosts]
   

   -s [hosts | ghosts]

   Shuts down the CA ControlMinder services on the defined, space-separated, remote hosts. If you do not specify any hosts, CA ControlMinder shuts down on the local host.

   You can define a group of hosts by entering the name of a ghost record. If you use this option from a remote terminal, the utility requests password verification. You also need admin privileges on both the remote and local computers, and write permission to the local computer on the remote host database.

   When you stop CA ControlMinder on a local computer, the following message appears:

   CA ControlMinder is now DOWN
   

   When you stop CA ControlMinder on remote hosts, CA ControlMinder reports whether the remote host shutdown was successful. An attempt is made to shut down each host on the list, even if the remote host preceding it was not shut down successfully.