Find a computer by username

I have done this before, but I cannot remember the command. I don't think
it's NETSTAT or NBTSTAT but there is some way to issue a command with a
switch and the name of a domain user account, and it displays the name of
the computer that that user account is logged in on.

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Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD
"Musha ring dum a doo dum a da!" -- James Hetfield

On 8/25/2005 12:22, Mike Labosh wrote:
> I have done this before, but I cannot remember the command. I don't think
> it's NETSTAT or NBTSTAT but there is some way to issue a command with a
> switch and the name of a domain user account, and it displays the name of
> the computer that that user account is logged in on.

psloggedon -l <userName>

You can get it from sysinternals.

~Jason

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>> I have done this before, but I cannot remember the command. I don't
>> think
>> it's NETSTAT or NBTSTAT but there is some way to issue a command with a
>> switch and the name of a domain user account, and it displays the name of
>> the computer that that user account is logged in on.
>
> psloggedon -l <userName>
>
> You can get it from sysinternals.

But there is something that is part of Windows that does this. I've used it
before. I just can't remember what it is.
--
Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD
"Musha ring dum a doo dum a da!" -- James Hetfield

Hi Mike,
Mike Labosh wrote:
> I have done this before, but I cannot remember the command. I don't
> think it's NETSTAT or NBTSTAT but there is some way to issue a
> command with a switch and the name of a domain user account, and it
> displays the name of the computer that that user account is logged in
> on.

maybe you mean something like net session.
This run in relation to the server on which they hold ressources open gives
you a list of connected workstations and the user names.
But this will not work well, if you have multiple servers for
authentication, ressource sharing, to which the wanted user could be
connected.
The best way in a managed environment would be to write a logfile which
contains the last computer(s) a user used maybe using the login script. You
could also audit logon events, but they are split again to multiple servers
and hard to trace through all the other events.

Best greetings from Germany
Olaf

Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]:

> Hi Mike,
> Mike Labosh wrote:
>> I have done this before, but I cannot remember the command. I don't
>> think it's NETSTAT or NBTSTAT but there is some way to issue a
>> command with a switch and the name of a domain user account, and it
>> displays the name of the computer that that user account is logged in
>> on.
>
> maybe you mean something like net session.
> This run in relation to the server on which they hold ressources open gives
> you a list of connected workstations and the user names.
> But this will not work well, if you have multiple servers for
> authentication, ressource sharing, to which the wanted user could be
> connected.
> The best way in a managed environment would be to write a logfile which
> contains the last computer(s) a user used maybe using the login script.

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