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Query number of Logged in users? - S0undwav3 - Feb-13-2017
Hi,
I am trying to write an applet that scans a number of servers, and returns the number of logged in users per server.
Background : I have a cirtix environment, and we have instances that allow up to 30 users per machine.
I have started to get somewhere with the "getpass" function.
>>> import getpass
>>> getpass.getuser()
'UserXYZ'
Basically what i intend to do is write an applet that counts how many users are logged in (by counting usernames possibly?)
How do I query a remote machine using python, to retrieve the list of logged in users?
RE: Query number of Logged in users? - sparkz_alot - Feb-13-2017
You don't specify if these are Linux, Windows, xBSD or a combination. Once you've logged in, you could use Python's subprocess module and use the OS's tools to gather that information. For instance, a quick search for "how can i find the number of users online in linux" resulted in this first entry http://superuser.com/questions/13043/how-can-i-find-the-number-of-users-online-in-linux
RE: Query number of Logged in users? - S0undwav3 - Feb-13-2017
Good point. They are a mix of server 2003 (cringe) and the majority 2008.
RE: Query number of Logged in users? - S0undwav3 - Feb-13-2017
OK got it.
SO when i got home i played around with this and am getting closer to what i want to do, but essentially, this question is answered. So here is the solution I came up with in case anyone is interested :
Windows CMD/Powerhshell has :
query user /server:<hostname>
which return all logged in users from the command line/powershell prompt.
So using this in conjuction with the rest goes something like this...
Dropping into a python box :
>>> import os
>>> os.system('query user /server:myservername')
USERNAME SESSIONNAME ID STATE IDLE TIME LOGON TIME
john.doe ica-tcp#70 1 Active 7 13/02/2017 8:11
now all i need to do is put this into a count loop, maybe counting each line and dropping the first one.
Hope this helps someone else. Please feel free to post another solution. Always happy to learn!
RE: Query number of Logged in users? - Larz60+ - Feb-13-2017
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RE: Query number of Logged in users? - S0undwav3 - Feb-15-2017
(Feb-13-2017, 10:16 PM)Larz60+ Wrote: This sounds sort of like ...
If you'd like to press one do so now
If you'd like to press 2, fine
Huh?