Query userid return cmpuer name DanF 12/24/2008 2:38:00 PM New to PowerShell, new to AD What I would like to do is enter a users windows ID for a user who is logged on to a domain and have the computer name returned. Is this possible? Pointers on how to accomplish this would be welcomed.

Re: Query userid return cmpuer name Thomas Lee <tfl[ at ]psp.co.uk> 12/24/2008 4:08:49 PM In message <E5DA4356-CB81-4FE3-B4A9-5AD31C5576B5[ at ]microsoft.com>, DanF <DanF[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> writes [Quoted Text] >New to PowerShell, new to AD >What I would like to do is enter a users windows ID for a user who is logged >on to a domain and have the computer name returned. Is this possible? >Pointers on how to accomplish this would be welcomed. You can't do it. First, there really is no concept of someone who is logged in, at least from the domain persepective. The client knows it's logged in (it has a secure connection - IPC$ - to the DC) but the DC does not keep track of who's logged in at the current moment. It gets more complex in multi-dc environnments where one DC logs you on, and another responds to the query. Finally, the DC does not keep track of which system you are logged in on (you could be logged in to several - As I write this, I'm logged to my laptop, my workstation, two servers and a DC twice (once on the box and once via TS). HTH. -- Thomas Lee doctordns[ at ]gmail.com

RE: Query userid return cmpuer name PaulChavez 12/24/2008 6:06:00 PM I forget whose blog I saw this on but someone has a script to update the computer description field with a logon script when a user logs on. That way you can query AD on the description field to find a user. It's probably the easiest method I've seen to track logged on users. "DanF" wrote: [Quoted Text] > New to PowerShell, new to AD > What I would like to do is enter a users windows ID for a user who is logged > on to a domain and have the computer name returned. Is this possible? > Pointers on how to accomplish this would be welcomed. >

Re: Query userid return cmpuer name Thomas Lee <tfl[ at ]psp.co.uk> 12/24/2008 11:23:50 PM In message <A6FA0629-B1B1-468C-9D66-4759D4EEB458[ at ]microsoft.com>, PaulChavez <PaulChavez[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> writes [Quoted Text] >I forget whose blog I saw this on but someone has a script to update the >computer description field with a logon script when a user logs on. That would sort of work. But it would be not totally accurate - there's no way to ensure this is up to date. If a user shuts the lid on a laptop or pulls power on a desktop - there's no way to track that. >That way you can query AD on the description field to find a user. It's >probably the easiest method I've seen to track logged on users. To some degree, using OCS would be better (assuming all users were logged into communicator. Thomas -- Thomas Lee doctordns[ at ]gmail.com MVP - Admin Frameworks and Security

RE: Query userid return cmpuer name Rob Campbell 12/28/2008 1:13:00 AM Got WINS? "DanF" wrote: [Quoted Text] > New to PowerShell, new to AD > What I would like to do is enter a users windows ID for a user who is logged > on to a domain and have the computer name returned. Is this possible? > Pointers on how to accomplish this would be welcomed. >

RE: Query userid return cmpuer name Rob Campbell 12/28/2008 3:55:01 PM Got WINS? "DanF" wrote: [Quoted Text] > New to PowerShell, new to AD > What I would like to do is enter a users windows ID for a user who is logged > on to a domain and have the computer name returned. Is this possible? > Pointers on how to accomplish this would be welcomed. >