Re: polling user information

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From: Dan (nospam.dsaults.a_t.comcast.net-nospam)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:12:04 -0500

Well we are only using one domain, but I see the point. Thanks for the
information and I will look into psloggedon.
Basicly its the information that SBS 4.5 gave you in its systems manger, but
then again that wasnt AD.

Thanks

Daniel

"Matt Anderson" <andersonnoapam@dynedge.com> wrote in message
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> "Dan" <nospam.dsaults.a_t.comcast.net-nospam> wrote in message
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>>I want to be able to at any given moment retrieve the following
>>information from my domain
>>
>> User logged into the domain, where at, ip address
>>
>> i.e
>>
>> User Computer IP
>> Bob computer20 10.0.1.25
>>
>>
>> I know I can pull this information from the security event log, but there
>> has to be a better way.
>>
> Active directory is decentralized - and there could be multiple versions
> on different DC's at any given time. It was not build to provide this
> information. If you are looking at audit logs this isn't real time
> because it doesn't account for non-graceful shutdowns of workstations.
>
> PSLOGGEDON from sysinternals may get you some of the info you are looking
> for.
>
> Matt
> MCT, MCSE
>