how to quit a shell gracefully?

[lkiiski at niksula.hut.fi (Lauri Kiiski)]

Jun Koi wrote:
> hi,
>
> i am still learning how to use metasploit, so sorry for the stupid
> question here.
>
> i can exploit a remote Windows box, and now open a reverse shell
> (CMD.exe). however, i dont know how to quit the shell without crashing
> the remote process.
>
> i tried "exit" command, but then metasploit seems to hang.
> then i tried "Ctrl+C", and asked to abort the session. then the remote
> process crashed.
>
> i am sure there is a better way to do this without crashing the
> target. please anybody help?
>
> my case:
> - remote machine: Windows XP
> - metasploit runs on Linux
> - payload: windows/shell/reverse_nonx_tcp

Ctrl+Z backgrounds the session. Then you can use sessions -l to list and 
session -i number to return to the session.