Whois User

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is it possible to find out - on witch worksation some one logged in?

Example: i am user marx and I work an Workstation ws9999 - so i will have a
lookup lu marx = result is: marx is at ws9999 -

is there a way?

regards.

Matthias
 
Re: Whois User


"Matthias Marx" <MatthiasMarx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> is it possible to find out - on witch worksation some one logged in?
>
> Example: i am user marx and I work an Workstation ws9999 - so i will have
> a
> lookup lu marx = result is: marx is at ws9999 -
>
> is there a way?
>
> regards.
>
> Matthias

AFAIK, Windows does not keep such a record. An easy way
would be for you to insert this line into your logon script:

echo %date% %time% %ComputerName% %UserName% >>
\\YourServer\SomeShare\logon.log

This would enable you to track every successful logon event.
 
Re: Whois User

but if i send a net send message, i could send via computername and username.
so some mapping is there

net send marx or net send ws9999 works in the same way
so i thing there is mapping between this


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Matthias Marx" <MatthiasMarx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FDE075BF-6D88-483E-B4D2-5B9C8611B144@microsoft.com...
> > Hello
> >
> > is it possible to find out - on witch worksation some one logged in?
> >
> > Example: i am user marx and I work an Workstation ws9999 - so i will have
> > a
> > lookup lu marx = result is: marx is at ws9999 -
> >
> > is there a way?
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > Matthias
>
> AFAIK, Windows does not keep such a record. An easy way
> would be for you to insert this line into your logon script:
>
> echo %date% %time% %ComputerName% %UserName% >>
> \\YourServer\SomeShare\logon.log
>
> This would enable you to track every successful logon event.
>
>
>
 
Re: Whois User

download psloggedon script. very handy tool (plus other network tools that
come with the package). google it, i believe microsoft own it now.

Matthias Marx wrote:
>but if i send a net send message, i could send via computername and username.
>so some mapping is there
>
>net send marx or net send ws9999 works in the same way
>so i thing there is mapping between this
>
>> > Hello
>> >
>[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>>
>> This would enable you to track every successful logon event.
 
Re: Whois User

If you send a message to a workstation, it is seen by whomever is logged
into the workstation. If you send a message to a user it is seen by the user
on whatever workstation they are logged into. AD does not know if any
particular user is currently logged in. AD has no idea what workstation a
user has logged into. Each server keeps track of "sessions", but only for
awhile when there is activity. You can enumerate sessions on a server and
sometimes tell which user is logged into which workstation, but only if the
user is currently using resources on the server. Worse, if the user logs off
the session will show up for awhile afterwards. And of course you would need
to query every server the user might access. It might be that the mapping
you refer to is maintained in a WINS server. I have never seen code to
extract it.

--
Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
--

"Matthias Marx" <MatthiasMarx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D5133A6F-E233-4AF9-A6B8-59AE0CDB0AD8@microsoft.com...
> but if i send a net send message, i could send via computername and
> username.
> so some mapping is there
>
> net send marx or net send ws9999 works in the same way
> so i thing there is mapping between this
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Matthias Marx" <MatthiasMarx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FDE075BF-6D88-483E-B4D2-5B9C8611B144@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > is it possible to find out - on witch worksation some one logged in?
>> >
>> > Example: i am user marx and I work an Workstation ws9999 - so i will
>> > have
>> > a
>> > lookup lu marx = result is: marx is at ws9999 -
>> >
>> > is there a way?
>> >
>> > regards.
>> >
>> > Matthias
>>
>> AFAIK, Windows does not keep such a record. An easy way
>> would be for you to insert this line into your logon script:
>>
>> echo %date% %time% %ComputerName% %UserName% >>
>> \\YourServer\SomeShare\logon.log
>>
>> This would enable you to track every successful logon event.
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Whois User

"Matthias Marx" <MatthiasMarx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D5133A6F-E233-4AF9-A6B8-59AE0CDB0AD8@microsoft.com...
> but if i send a net send message, i could send via computername and
> username.
> so some mapping is there
>
> net send marx or net send ws9999 works in the same way
> so i thing there is mapping between this
>

Maybe, maybe not. Time to get stuck into the messenger service
and analyse it in detail!
 
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