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Posted by Rob (Microsoft) on July 21, 2007, 10:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance. I'll check with some folks when I
get back in the office on Tuesday to see if there is a script that you can
run to force logoff the user.
"shocker" wrote:
> Thanks again Rob. It's just that rebooting the machine is not what I want.
> There are only specific users 2 of 5 that need to be forced to logoff if
> their time expires. The other users may be active or simply have tasks
> running that rebooting will kill.
>
> I guess this is just a limitation of Windows Server 2003 standalone.
>
> "Rob (Microsoft)" wrote:
>
> > Shutdown.exe can be used to reboot a box not just shutdown. So if you have
a
> > time set for all users not to logon because of backup schedules or whatever,
> > a Shutdown command with a R switch will reboot the system.
> >
> > "shocker" wrote:
> >
> > > Shutting down the computer isn't an option, but thanks for all the
responses.
> > >
> > > "Rob (Microsoft)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can set up a scheduled task to restart the machine using Shutdown.exe
> > > >
> > > > "shocker" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Can this accomplish with scripting? I not very familiar with Windows
> > > > > scripting, but I'm just curious to know if what I want to do is
possible on a
> > > > > local machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > So, specifyig logon hours with net user /time is not applicable?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > net user /time
> > > > > > controls when an account can log on, it does not kick logged on
> > > > > > account out
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > The user is now restricted from logging on based on the times set
in net
> > > > > > > user, but they are never logged off if they account is already
logged on
> > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > the time expires.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > The time set in the network security policy you mentioned only
> > > > > > controls network access and will close off sessions to network
> > > > > > shares based on the logoff time; it has nothing to do with local
> > > > > > login sessions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Rob (Microsoft)" wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Not without being able to specify logon hours in the account. I
believe
> > > > > > >> that
> > > > > > >> feature is only in the domain profile.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> "shocker" wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> > I want to force a user to log off when his logon hours expire.
> > > > > > >> > In the Network Security category (under Group Policy), I
enabled the
> > > > > > >> > Force
> > > > > > >> > Logoff When Logon Hours Expire policy, but users are never
logged off.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > I running Windows Server 2003 as a standalone (no domain or
AD). the
> > > > > > >> > server
> > > > > > >> > is just a rubust workstation, but allow remote users to log in
> > > > > > >> > simultaneously.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > Is it possible to log users off in this case?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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