How do I know if a user has logged on to our LAN

[BVM]

Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a call comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably in office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how can I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Peter Rilling]

I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as
processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Chang]

If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as
processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably
in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how
can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[BVM]

Thanks, Can you tell me how?

Dennis Huang

"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uo**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as
processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably
in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how
can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Chang]

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet..._chap1/?page=2

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Thanks, Can you tell me how?

Dennis Huang

"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uo**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as
processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he
probably in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how
can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[Rob Oldfield]

I'm at least partly guessing here.... but I think it's always going to come
down to how you define 'in the office'

Even if you figure out how to access AD information (which I've never seen
explained sensibly - decent guide to LDAP queries anyone?) then I think
that's just going to give you 'last login date/time' which I don't think is
going to do the job.

Alternative method... at login write that information back to a central log
file (we use ScriptLogic where that functionality is built in, if you don't
have a scripting tool then that it might need some work). Your
receptionist's app then just has to look at that file, find the last login
time for the staff member and show that to the receptionist (i.e. simple
read of a text file)

I'd have to say that a board down in the entrance hall where staff manually
slide a little piece of wood to say that they're either in or out is going
to be more reliable. And if it doesn't work then you can blame them.
"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Thanks, Can you tell me how?

Dennis Huang

"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uo**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis

[BVM]

haha...Thanks Rob. It's more complex than I originally thought.

Our staff usually shutdown their computer when they go home. So I just use
the lastLoginDate to roughly say they are in office or not.

Thanks,

Dennis
"Rob Oldfield" <bl**@blah.com> wrote in message
news:eI**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I'm at least partly guessing here.... but I think it's always going to
come
down to how you define 'in the office'

Even if you figure out how to access AD information (which I've never seen
explained sensibly - decent guide to LDAP queries anyone?) then I think
that's just going to give you 'last login date/time' which I don't think
is
going to do the job.

Alternative method... at login write that information back to a central
log
file (we use ScriptLogic where that functionality is built in, if you
don't
have a scripting tool then that it might need some work). Your
receptionist's app then just has to look at that file, find the last login
time for the staff member and show that to the receptionist (i.e. simple
read of a text file)

I'd have to say that a board down in the entrance hall where staff
manually
slide a little piece of wood to say that they're either in or out is going
to be more reliable. And if it doesn't work then you can blame them.
"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Thanks, Can you tell me how?

Dennis Huang

"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uo**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
>
>
> "Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
> news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far as >> processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
>> mean
>> they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
>> they
>> leave.
>>
>> "BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Friends:
>>
>> Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
>> call
>> comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he probably >> in
>> office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID, how >> can
>> I know if the staff has logged in to the network?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>
>

[BVM]

Thanks Chang. It's very useful.

Dennis
"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet..._chap1/?page=2

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Thanks, Can you tell me how?

Dennis Huang

"Chang" <po******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uo**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OL*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far
as
processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
mean
they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
they
leave.

"BVM" <De*****@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
news:eQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi, Friends:

Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
call
comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he
probably in
office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID,
how can
I know if the staff has logged in to the network?

Thanks,

Dennis