Forcing Logoff...

[Guest]

Is there any way to force a workstation, connected to a domain, to logoff and lock after a set period of time

Thanx.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Is there any way to force a workstation, connected to a domain,
to logoff and lock after a set period of time?

Hi

If you are thinking about a logoff based on idle time,
take a look at this post:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


If you want to force a logoff at a set period of time (not based
on idle time), you will need 3rd party software for this, e.g. the
program "1st Security Center" is able to do that:

http://www.1securitycenter.com/

<quote>
The powerful feature "User Working Time" allows you to limit working
time for your children , office colleagues , students and so on. You
can define several time intervals and time durations to manage users
working time very easy.
</quote>


The application below is a lot more limited (e.g. it is computer
centric and not user centric), but it can e.g. force a logoff/shutdown
at a set time or after a time duration:

Aye Shutdown
http://www.ayesoftware.com/asd/

 

[Guest]

Hi
On the Domain Controller I think there is a domain Group Policy setting to Force Logoff after a certain period. Look under the Group policy>computer config>Securit

Thanks
Saif

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

On the Domain Controller I think there is a domain Group Policy
setting to Force Logoff after a certain period. Look under the
Group policy>computer config>Security

Hi

You can't use this Group Policy setting for console logoff.

This forced logoff policy is a policy for SMB server, i.e. the computer
which has a network share accessible from a network. This policy, if
enabled on a server, ends the users session with the server when their
logon hours expire.

Here is a quote from the documentation for Windows XP's
"Net accounts" found at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...rodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/net_accounts.asp

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/forcelogoff:{minutes | no}

Sets the number of minutes to wait before ending a user's session
with a server when the user account or valid logon time expires.
The default value, no, prevents users from being forced to log off.
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