Hi there,
Am looking for a software with which I can logo-ff/shutdown the remote machine with user's login ID.
We are using 2003 and 3008 servers - And all the remote machines are XP.
I don't want to use DOS commands and looking for a software with a simplar GUI - any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dhruv
Logoff/shutdown user off their local machine using their login ID.
Typo I meant CMD prompt not DOS
Given that Windows XP is single user, that just means log off the machine rather than the specific user.
So basically what you want is something to resolve a user name to a machine name, and remote desktop (to keep it GUI).
For the user/machine translation the user would have to be authenticated on the server, so you will need to look at how you are doing this.
Ahh yes something my boss complains about all the time, i just smile and think maybe i should have just reset his password so that i can login as them.
You might be thinking of something else (though to be honest, it is hard to tell what the OP is doing). Why would you need the user's password to kick them off, logging in as admin should do it.
We have some roaming profiles which we want to logout as they copuld be a security threat.
Through CMD on server:
1. net session = Lists all the users with PC name on the server
2. shutdown -r -m PCNAME = restarts the PC
OR shutdown /l PCNAME = Logs off
I need something like this by help of software to ease up things.
We have more than 80 servers and its hard to manage via these commands.
I think you need to relook at your problem. At some point you decide that you have a security threat, which is identified by the usernames? And the responce is to log off or shutdown the client? I can't see how any of this makes sense to me.
Having said that to do what you ask should be trivial in power shell, so if you want to do advanced administration tasks, perhaps you need to get over the fear of 'dos'. (note, once you script this it will be purely a 'enter user name' for anyone actually using it).
Bruce its a complex situation and I really dont want to use power shell to this simple task.
Am sure there is be a software that lists all the users located on different servers and gives an option to log/shutdown/restart systems.
You wouldn't run 'shutdown /i' to open the GUI interface of the shutdown command?
You can add the PC's you want to restart/logoff, and change your Option to 'Security'
shutdown /L is for logging off.
I need to logoff USER from his PC using userid.
We have roaming profile and one userid can be logged in multiple times in multiple locations at the same time
I said i not l
Configure Default Domain policy in Group Policy Management Console on the domain controller. Any MCITP should be able to configure it for you.
Not necesarilly, I could obtain an MCITP from passing a Windows 7 course. Someone with a CCNA certification should be able to do this.
I'm confused you want to log a user off their local machine or off the server? And shut down what the local machine? server? user?
PS: 'DOS' has not existed for a VERY long time, it is command prompt or power shell.