B_rumoon said:
When I use the above command to try to force people to
logoff after their allocated time is over, it doesnt!!
Any one has any advise on this? Any help will be
appreciated.
Hi
You can't use this 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
<quote>
/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.
</quote>
If you want to force a logoff/shutdown, 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 in the link below is a lot more limited, but it can
e.g. force a logoff/shutdown at a set time or after a time duration
(but it looks like this is computer based and not user based):
Aye Shutdown
http://www.ayesoftware.com/asd/