Re: would like notification when remote users log on

From: cara (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/31/04


Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:59:15 -0800

Thank you, steve!
Cara
>-----Original Message-----
>Make sure that remote assitance is disabled on the
server, you should not
>need that. These settings are in My
Computer/properties/remote. If you look
>in select remote users, it should be blank which will
allow only members of
>the administrators group to connect and remotely manage
the server as they
>would when logged on locally. Of course you need a
firewall to protect from
>internet access and use complex passwords for all the
administrators to keep
>unathorized users from trying to logon. You should also
rename the real
>built in administrator account and have a password
lockout policy with a
>threshold of no less than ten lockouts and a lockout
period of at least ten
>minutes. Enable auditing of logon events on the server
for success and
>failure which will show when a user has logged onto the
server. There is no
>built in way to get an email of such activity. --- Steve
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;300549
>
>"Cara" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:624701c3e617$d1bebb00$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> I am new to server / network management, my tech person
>> sold me Windows Server 2003 for Small business Server.
He
>> has enabled remote access. I would like to have the
>> system notify me via e-mail whenever someone logs on or
>> off remotely, but do not see this option in any of the
>> help files I have read. Is it possible / how? Can I
>> track the activities of a remote user to make sure they
>> are legitimate? Also, can someone connect to a
>> workstation remotely and monitor its activities without
>> the user's knowledge?
>>
>> Any advice, or directions to targeted resources are much
>> appreciated (I don't have time to read the entire help
>> file)
>>
>> Thank you
>> Cara
>
>
>.
>



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