Re: Log off users by the server

From: LnkWizard (lnk.wizard.nodots2_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:26:37 -0600

I ran a SEARCH through the Microsoft Knowledgebase
(HINT: this is a good place to search for answers), and
it looks like it the logoff can be run as a script by the
Domain Admin.

I suggest the you look up the complete answer there.

A suggested search phrase would be "force user logoff" and work from there. 

-- 
Alan Gregersen
"He who does not test himself is worthless indeed"
"Imad" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:f52001c3f163$e6235f40$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Dear Marko,
>
> I agree with you completely... but you don't know why I
> asked in this way.
>
> It is my favorite way to press f1 and I'm always use this
> way, but I was in a special environment which there were
> not windows server but windows xp and I have been asked a
> question which I know that the answer is NO but I wanted to
>   be sure about my answer with very short time...
>
> I do know well about the log OFF & ON houres but I didn't
> mean that. The question I have asked by someone if there is
> any possibility to FORCE a user while he or she uses his or
> her domain user account(like when they are currently
> working on some application) to be logged off.
> I don't want to use the logg off and on hours, I am fully
> aware about it.
>
> Hope you get my specific question.
>
> Best Regards,
> Imad
>
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> >     ----- Herb Martin wrote: -----
> >
> >
> >Hello Herb
> >
> >I don't mind helping people.
> >
> >I have one condition: They must appear to have
> >at least tried to help themselves.
> >
> >Imad is not such a person.
> >
> >If he has ever ventured into account management,
> >he would have noticed the Logon Hours and the Logon
> >To options for defining hours and workstation access
> >for a user.  Somebody who has started Windows Server
> >administration in the last day or so may be the exception
> >to this.  Otherwise, they are driving Windows with their
> >eyes shut.
> >
> >Further, my advice to press F1 is spot on.  In the process
> >of looking through the help files, he would quickly discover
> >Search.  If you type "Logon Hours" into the search, it comes
> >back with 13 results.  I know this because I tried it on my
> >Win2K server.  The first thing to come up on Net User
> >commands actually solves his problem.
> >
> >A search on User Logon brings up 276 possibilities.  Some of
> >these on "account management" (another good search topic)
> >are quite relevant to the same problem.
> >
> >Pretty soon, he would be likely to discover policies and
> the one
> >specifically relating to logging off users when their
> hours expire.
> >
> >
> >If this guy worked for me, I would do the same thing.  I would
> >never just give him the answer to such a basic, mundane task.
> >
> >"Catch a fish for a man and he will eat for one day.
> >Teach him to fish, and he will learn to feed himself"
> >
> >So why spoon feed people who would obviously benefit from
> >learning how to solve their own problems?
> >.
> >

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