samba - Aug 1999 - querying an NT domain for a list of logged-in users

Hello all,

I'm investigating the possibility of creating a Linux-based firewall
solution which can allow or reject connections based on the identity of the
user currently logged into a machine, similar to what's possible with MS
Proxy Server.  I know that nmblookup can be used to query the logged-in user
on a Win9x machine; is there a similar ready-made mechanism that can be used
in an NT domain setting?  Better still, would there be a (painless) way to
get an NT PDC to inform a Unix server of domain logons/logoffs?  Or would it
be better/easier to use the Linux machine as the PDC in this case?

TIA,
-Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

Stephen,

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 02:35:10 +1000, Stephen Langasek wrote:
>I'm investigating the possibility of creating a Linux-based firewall
>solution which can allow or reject connections based on the identity of the
>user currently logged into a machine, similar to what's possible with MS
>Proxy Server.  I know that nmblookup can be used to query the logged-in user
>on a Win9x machine; is there a similar ready-made mechanism that can be used
>in an NT domain setting?
Are you really sure you want to trust what the potential badass' machine
says who
it is? This looks to me like some kind of M$ security feature ...

Regards,
        Robert

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