Re: Getting windows user name?

You can use the SysInternals(acquired by Microsoft) psexec tool to
enumerate users. For instance, say you want the user list on a XP
workstation. Tell psexec to run "net users".
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.desktopfiles.aspx

On 9/8/2010 9:02 PM, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2010, ArkanoiD wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to retrieve Windows user name for any given workstation, something like
>> Unix identd, but using AD only? Terminal servers are non-issue at the moment (well,
>> another issue), let's assume there is only one logged in that matters. Seems that ISA does it?
>> Is it possible to implement such a functionality without netbios requests?
> 
> I don't think you can do a non-DCOM query without installing an agent on 
> the Windows side- but I suppose it depends on where you need the 
> informaiton.
> 
> Samba's wmi-client will do the dcom query.
> 
> Here's info on doing it via http with a client installed on the Windows 
> box:
> 
> http://forums.cacti.net/about11752.html
> 
> If you're just trying to do the NTLM auth like ISA, this link may help:
> 
> http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Paul
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