User authentication tracing

[davide.dozza at yacme.com]

Hi Don,

this is really an useful tip, but how would you solve the problem
for people who switch off the PC without disconnecting from
the network?

Ciao

Davide


"MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1)" wrote:
> 
> Hi Davide,
> Samba is not really set up yet for 'auditing' services, which is what I
> think you're
> kinda looking for;
> HOWEVER, take a look at the 'pre-exec' and post-exec' options for the
> smb.conf file in the
> smb.conf man page;  you can configure these to execute a program or script
> that would write
> to a file or database when the user logs in, and when he logs out, and use
> the resulting information to determine access to your other services if you
> like...
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Davide Dozza [mailto:davide.dozza at yacme.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:31 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: User authentication tracing
> 
> Is it possible to trace Samba authenticated user?
> 
> That is, after a user has been authenticated versus a Samba acting
> as PDC, is it possible to know if such user is still connected to the
> Microsoft
> network or they have been disconnected?
> What I would like to do is to use Samba as authentication server in
> order
> to grant the access to other services (for example Internet navigation
> through a proxy) and remove the access when such user disconnects
> from the network.
> 
> Davide
> 
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