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#72276 - 2002-12-20 12:13 AM Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Ashpoint Ashpoint Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 1999-08-27 Posts: 192 Loc: Sydney, NSW, Australia	My client wants to Disable (some) users while he does some processes on the server W2K. Then, when completed, he want to Enable them again. I searched the board and can't locate any reference to a Kix solution. Can someone advise if it's possible and maybe point me in the right direction.
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#72277 - 2002-12-20 12:50 AM Re: Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Presumably by "disable" you mean deny logon? You can do this simply by creating an ini file. Create an entry for each user you want to deny access and set the entry value ro "1" to deny acess, and "0" to allow it. During login, check the ini file for an entry keyed by the user name. If present and not zero log the user off. The problem with this solution is that it won't affect anyone who is already logged on, and it won't stop savvy users from manually making or reattaching remembered network connections. The best solution to that is to put all your "disabled" users into a disabled group, and set the permissions on your resources (shares, printers, whatever) such that they have no access while in the disabled group. {edit} You could also use membership of the disabled group to trigger the logoff rather than use the ini file. {/edit} [ 19. December 2002, 12:52: Message edited by: Richard Howarth ]
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#72278 - 2002-12-19 02:40 PM Re: Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Waltz Waltz Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-01 Posts: 485 Loc: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	...building on Richard's suggestions... create an 'unwanted' logon scriptlet that logs off a user (and optionally shuts down the workstation) when an undesirable user logs on have your logon script call your 'unwanted' code net result for the user is endless log on and log off and reboot cycle somewhere in there you may want to give them some kind of explanatory message _________________________ We all live in a Yellow Subroutine...
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#72279 - 2002-12-19 03:49 PM Re: Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Question: Does your client want to prevent them from logging into the network or does he want to prevent the users to connect to a particular server via file/printer sharing? Those are two different issues. Issue number one has been solved above. Issue number two can be solved, too, by manipulationg the 'log on from network' rights on the particular server. Essentially, deny network logon for the specified time period to the specific users and they will still be able to log into the network but not able to access the blocked server. [ 19. December 2002, 15:50: Message edited by: sealeopard ] _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#72280 - 2002-12-19 04:06 PM Re: Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Errr actually issue 2 was dealt with as well - see the fourth paragraph in my initial reply.
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#72281 - 2002-12-19 04:10 PM Re: Howto: Disable/Enable Users W2K
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Oops, true, read too fast. Anyway, I provided an alternative solution to issue 2. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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