logging users off a network after hours

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Bill

I'm running Win 2k Server with 2k and XP clients on an IP
network and I'm looking for a way to log users on the
network off after hours so my back up jobs run. They are
failing because of a database which locks its files if
the application is not closed. Open file manager will
solve this but the program is very expensive. Any
ideas??.. thank you, Bill
 
Bill said:
I'm running Win 2k Server with 2k and XP clients on an IP
network and I'm looking for a way to log users on the
network off after hours so my back up jobs run. They are
failing because of a database which locks its files if
the application is not closed. Open file manager will
solve this but the program is very expensive. Any
ideas??.. thank you, Bill
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Hi

Create a scheduled job on each computer that logs them off.

More about this here (the post is about logging out after a idle time period,
but that could be changed to a logoff at a certain time instead):

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
 
I believe restricting users' logon hours in AD will boot
them from the network if they're logged on past their
allotted time.

Could be an easy/cheap solution for this. Always worth a
try.
 
Use shutdown.exe from the resource kit and create a batch file that shuts
down all the workstations. Schedule it to run 10 to 15 min before the backup
is scheduled to run.
 
Check out comments regarding this approach on jsiinc.com.
The policy should really be titled "disconnect users"
instead of logoff. And then it will not disconnect them if
the links to the shares are/have been active. I tried - it
didn't log me off nor did it disconnect me from my "home
directory." And I was also able to make other connections
on the server that my home directory was on after the "logon
hours" expired.

third party app is probably your best bet - but it won't be
free.

roberto
 
Not smart!
All he needs is one exec to get booted off and HE'LL be
booted.

Instead of the brute force method of shutting down a
persons machine, I use GP to restrict logon hours and to
force a log off overnight, after a warning message and
only if the machine is idle.. The new 2003 domain has
only been in place a month and already I have very few
people who forget to log off when they leave.

At the very least, have people exit the applications
before the go home.
 
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