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#122045 - 2004-07-01 08:28 PM Remote Machine IP from UserName
chmod chmod Fresh Scripter Registered: 2004-06-01 Posts: 24 Loc: Sacramento, CA	Does anyone know how I can get a LAN IP address based on remote logged in UserName (without using the NBTSTAT command)? Example: Help Desk Tech wants the IP address of the LAN Domain User "JDOE"
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#122046 - 2004-07-01 08:58 PM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	query all the DCs for the logon events for that user id. (not an easy method) have your logon script log userid, wksta, IP, mac, and timedate to a file _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#122047 - 2004-07-01 09:04 PM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Take a look here for an advanced method of logging the user logons. My Computer Info for Helpdesk use Part 3 http://www.kixtart.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=116475
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#122048 - 2004-07-01 10:07 PM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
chmod chmod Fresh Scripter Registered: 2004-06-01 Posts: 24 Loc: Sacramento, CA	The logging is good idea, if the user only logged into a single PC. Most of our users have 2 PCs. How would I know what log to get and where? If it's one big log, thats going to be a BIG log. How do I query the PDC's event log?
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#122049 - 2004-07-02 04:03 AM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Use the ReadEventlog() UDF to query the DCs. BTW, you will have to query ALL DCs to determine where a user is logged in. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#122050 - 2004-07-02 06:48 AM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	You would have individual logs for each COMPUTER so that if a new user logged on, it would update/overwrite the log with the current users details. You could use a script then to read all of the logs and look for a specific user name and then have it tell you which log file it resides in. I have a code example if you really want to pursue this method. The DC query method is not very practible for organizations that have DC located around the World. On AD it is not as much of an issue as the user should be pointed to a local controller instead of a random list of 3 like NT 4 does.
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#122051 - 2004-07-03 05:05 AM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	The question is whether it's more efficient to query the DCs for a specific event inside a specific time window or potentially text-based log files on hunreds of computers. alternatively, one could also use central database update running as a spawned KiXtart script for logging purposes. However, that raises a multitude of other issues at which point the DC query might become the more attractive method. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#122052 - 2004-07-03 11:28 AM Re: Remote Machine IP from UserName
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Yes, Domain query locally is much faster. I'm only speaking of those that have DC around the Globe. Often they may be across SLOW links. In the past a full query of all DC for us would take about 3 days to complete due to such limited bandwidth for some locations. Logging to a Database such as with similar detail as SMS I think would be the optimum method if you could get it all setup and working and if you have the experience to setup and maintain such a solution.
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