Win NT4 Server

[KACcowman]

I run a school network and I would like to prohibit the use of specific work stations on certain days Is this possible with NT4 or a third party add-on?

 

[LANAdmin]

Hi there,

You can specify when certain times that users can logon onto the network but not which machines they logon to.
There may be some way through editing the registry though.
Try the link below, you might be able to find a way:

http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/

 

[kjonnnnn]

I believe you can specify only certain machines that a user can log on to in User Manager for Domains.

 

[ShackDaddy]

To amend slightly what our helpful friend just said, you can limit the workstations a user can log onto, and you can limit the times during which a user can log on, but you can't, with the native tools, tie those two functions together, unless you write an elegant logon script that immediately logs the user out if local %computername% and %systemtime% match a certain range of values. You could research that, and if you decide to, I recommend the book "Windows NT Shell Scripting" published by Macmillan Technical Publishers.

Or you could look around for a 3rd party product that might be able to do the same thing.

 

[mikes999]

You can install some kind of a firewall software on your server - I personally recommend AtGuard - I think, from Symantec. It's a decent small scale firewall, and it has an olption to block particular address for a specified time duration - exactly what you need. You can remove all the default options, and add just your access control ones, or, you can keep the defaults for extra protection (especially, if your server is on Internet).

Requires some basic firewall knowledge, though.

A word of causion: this is an intended PC product, not a server product, meaning, that, if something not defined very clear, it pops up a prompt, and waits for your input. So, after you configured it for the first time, watch for a week or so, in order to clear all possible situations with firewall rules.

Hope it helps - BTW, I tested it om my PC - worked like a champ.