Re: Force Logoff if Inactive
From: Harry Paratestes (harryp_at_newz-grp-reader.com)
Date: 11/15/03
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 07:45:10 -1000
Thanks, read something similar on a bulletin board after my ng post. The
"scheduling" of the logoff was kind of the first thought we had. We may end
up just having to go with that. In a perfect world, we'd like an "event
trigger" where logoff only occurs if certain condition exists (i.e.
inactivity after X# of hours/minutes). I've found off-the-shelf products
that can do exactly this, so I'm thinking it can be done, not to mention our
IT budget is a joke and the thought of buying these products is OOQ. Out of
frustration, we're moving away from GPO or ResKit tools and towards
script-writing. We're thinking to implement the LOGOFF.EXE tool, but not
sure what mechanism is available to determine 'idle time' on the
workstation. And when inactivity condition = TRUE, how does the DC trigger
the LOGOFF.EXE on the workstation / luser account?
We currently have about 30 workstations on-site, with another 50-75
scattered around at remote sites.
Thanks again,
HP
"Steven L Umbach" <sumbach55@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:crstb.2199$4X4.551206@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com...
> You might look at using Scheduled Tasks to run logoff.exe or shutdown.exe
> after a certain period of idle time - up to 999 minutes though I don't
know
> of a good way offhand to implement it on a large number of computers. ---
> Steve
>
> "Harry Paratestes" <anon_usr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:046301c3ab10$3dba6cc0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >
> > Anyone know of tool/script/CMD that will automagically log
> > off lusers after timeout has expired? Situation we have
> > is lusers habitually locking their workstations and never
> > logging off. Most recently, we've found out that a couple
> > lusers from a remote office are currently on-travel and
> > left their workstations powered on with screens locked.
> >
> > We have password locked screensaver implemented to kick
> > off after 15 minutes of inactivity. We'd like ability to
> > subsequently force logoffs after 24-36 hours of inactivity
> > (weekends, business travel, etc.). We do NOT want to
> > change our current screensaver set up (i.e. don't want to
> > use Winexit.scr or something similar).
> >
> > I looked at Winexit.scr and also for a GPO security
> > setting. No luck on GPO and Winexit didn't seem to do
> > what I wanted. Don't want to implement the "working
> > hours" GPO either which would log off or lockout lusers
> > during certain hours of the day (we occassionally have
> > shift work, also some lusers travel to various timezones).
> >
> > Summary: Luser locks workstation or password-protected
> > screensaver kicks in. If no activity for 24hrs, luser
> > gets bounced (and/or system reboots).
> >
> > Any tips? Is this even feasible?
> >
> > HP sends
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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