Vista - Re: Last Logon and Logoff for a specific user

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"cmoore01" <cmoore01@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Need a "best way" to log or monitor a user's last logon and logoff times.
> Not sure if a scheduled job that runs every night to retrieve the
> attributes
> of LastLogon and LastLogff and write them to a file, or if a logon and
> logoff
> batch file that wrote to a file would work best. Biggest issue is that I
> do
> not control the domain controllers and cannot load PS on them. My file
> server does have PS loaded and I am currently using PS for some other
> scheduled jobs.
>
> If scheduled job, example of scripts to run appreciated. If lonon/logoff
> batch files, examples also. Very new to scripting, but learning.
>
> Any and all help Much Appreciated

Example VBScript programs to retrieve last logon for all users linked here:

http://www.rlmueller.net/Last%20Logon.htm

The lastLogoff attribute in AD is not used. If you prefer to use logon and
logoff scripts, I have a VBScript example here:

http://www.rlmueller.net/Logon5.htm

You can code a similar logoff script.

--
Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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07-29-2008	#1 (permalink)
Richard Mueller [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Last Logon and Logoff for a specific user "cmoore01" <cmoore01@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A0E18C03-3BAA-4B47-9547-9957659C5F35@xxxxxx Quote: > Need a "best way" to log or monitor a user's last logon and logoff times. > Not sure if a scheduled job that runs every night to retrieve the > attributes > of LastLogon and LastLogff and write them to a file, or if a logon and > logoff > batch file that wrote to a file would work best. Biggest issue is that I > do > not control the domain controllers and cannot load PS on them. My file > server does have PS loaded and I am currently using PS for some other > scheduled jobs. > > If scheduled job, example of scripts to run appreciated. If lonon/logoff > batch files, examples also. Very new to scripting, but learning. > > Any and all help Much Appreciated Example VBScript programs to retrieve last logon for all users linked here: http://www.rlmueller.net/Last%20Logon.htm The lastLogoff attribute in AD is not used. If you prefer to use logon and logoff scripts, I have a VBScript example here: http://www.rlmueller.net/Logon5.htm You can code a similar logoff script. -- Richard Mueller MVP Directory Services Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --
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