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#111216 - 2004-01-03 05:09 PM logon time limit
b.binnenweg b.binnenweg Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-10-07 Posts: 6	I would like to limit the time a local windows xp user can use his system (for example 1 hour a day), there is no domain to log on. What kind of script could ik use to accomplish this?
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#111217 - 2004-01-03 05:28 PM Re: logon time limit
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	You would have to use COM scripting with the ADSI WinNT: provider on the property LoginHours. Since it is a datatype: variant, is would not be a simple task. You might want to Google around for ideas. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#111218 - 2004-01-03 07:16 PM Re: logon time limit
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	This is actually not an easy task as you need to measure the time the user is logged into the computer. However, it is doable via KiXtart. Create a KiXtart script that does the following: Check the eventlog for login events fo the monitored users (you need to enable login auditing) Measure the time the user has been logged in including any previous times for the same day as written into a registry key. If the user logs out write the time the user has been logged in into a registry key including date. If the user is logged in longer than the allowed time, then issue a local user logoff command and write the time the user has been logged in into a registry key including date. Finally, run the script via WKIX32 and SRVANY.EXE from the Windows Resource Kit as a service under an admin account. Alternatively, get/purchase any of the commercial packages that accomplish the same, see for example http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Shareware/Windows/Security/Parental_Control/ _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#111219 - 2004-01-03 07:23 PM Re: logon time limit
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Guess I interpreted the request differently. I thought he wanted logon time restrictions like what is available in a domain, that is a specific hour. You interpret it is one anytime cumulative hour in a 24 hour period. Guess something could be said for clarity (or lack thereof). _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#111220 - 2004-01-03 07:29 PM Re: logon time limit
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	I went with the Quote: for example 1 hour a day remark independent of the actual tine the login occurs. Thus, a service-based script should be able to accomplish this, but I'd rather go with a commercial package as they offer better enforcement for multiple users and more granular access rights and logging options. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#111221 - 2004-01-03 07:32 PM Re: logon time limit
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	We use to use a freeware utility called poltergeist to do this something like this, although we used it to automatically shutdown systems at specific times in the day. I am not sure it still exists or if it is still freeware but you might try searching various freeware/shareware sites for similar utilities. _________________________ Jack
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#111222 - 2004-01-03 09:06 PM Re: logon time limit
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Well, I went with the title which says "Logon time limit", not "Logged on time limit". A "logon time" limit can be specified in units of time that could include an hour. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#111223 - 2004-01-04 08:29 AM Re: logon time limit
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Assuming this is the program that Jack is speaking of, it appears that they no longer supply a download for the file. SPECTRE appears to have written this back in 1997-1998 but no longer seems to offer it. http://www.spectre.com/ ftp://ftp.spectre.com/pub/ PolterGeist is an application scheduler with keyboard macro capabilities. Just like the System Agent in Microsoft Plus!, PolterGeist lets you schedule applications to run unattended at scheduled times. With PolterGeist however, you can use simple keystroke macros to automate a much wider range of tasks. PolterGeist build 1301, freeware scheduling program. Runs programs of scripts when you want them to. Full featured http://riverbbs.net/pub3/win95/HAUNTBIG.EXE http://www.baronbbs.com/bfsfile/windows/HAUNTBIG.EXE Unless Jack is being mean and meant this one. http://www.megasecurity.org/trojans/p/poltergeist/Poltergeist1.1.html
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#111224 - 2004-01-04 08:34 AM Re: logon time limit
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Not free, but this one seems to work pretty well. Even re-installs itself if not properly uninstalled via password. ENUFF http://www.akrontech.com/
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#111225 - 2004-01-05 10:02 PM Re: logon time limit
b.binnenweg b.binnenweg Fresh Scripter Registered: 2001-10-07 Posts: 6	Thanks everybody so far for being helpful. I started trying the mentioned shareware progs and found them to be pretty easy to surpass. Which brings a 'home logon server' much closer than I expected.
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#111226 - 2004-01-05 11:14 PM Re: logon time limit
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	A home Server is an option, but then it must always be on and you would need to disable cached logons in order to force the kind of security it looks like you're wanting. Give ENUFF a try. Unless you are a very advanced system programmer you will not be able to easily surpass it.
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