Client Management Suite

Hello,

(In french at the end)

I have a project who is asking me to know the principal user of a computer. I must check if the principal user didn't change every month.

But, there is a problem : I don't know the Altiris' mechanism to define the principal user.

Is it an algorithm who gave the user the most connected at this computer since it is on the network, or is it an algorithm who just choose the most connected user during the last month ?

If this is the first method who is used, is it possible to reset the principal user ?

Thanks,

Maxime

Bonjour,

Dans le cadre d'un projet, j'ai besoin de connaitre l'utilisateur principal de chaque poste sur le réseau de l'entreprise, et de savoir si celui çi n'a pas changé par rapport au mois dernier.

Cependant, je ne sais pas comment fonctionne l'algorithme d'Altiris pour définir cet utilisateur principal.

Est-ce un algorithme se chargeant juste de définir qui s'est connecté le plus souvent à ce poste depuis qu'Altiris est installé, ou est-ce un algorithme ne prenant en compte les connexions depuis le dernier mois ? C'est peut être aussi un système de pondération, donnant plus d'importance aux dernières connexions, mais à partir de combien de temps un utilisateur "acquière" le PC (pour un poste qui peut, au maximum, avoir 3 ans 1/2) ?

Y a t'il moyen de remettre à zero l'utilisateur principal ?

Merci par avance pour votre réponse,

Maxime

Hi Maxime,

There is a file called AeXUserMonitorLog.xml which is stored in the install directory of the Altiris Agent. This log contains a list of all user logon durations within the last 28 days. The Altiris Agent uses this file to calculate who the primary user is for the client computer.

The following registry key controls the days that primary user is calculated on, this key is set to 28 by default:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Inventory\ PrimaryUserRecordDays

For each <log> entry inside the AeXUserMonitorLog.xml file, if the date and time for the utc_lastloggedonare older then 28 days then Altiris Agent will remove these entries from the log file so that primary user will not be calculated based on these old records.

The durations recorded inside the AeXUserMonitorLog.xml are in seconds, and the time is calculated in UTC.

Below is an example of a log entry in the AeXUserMonitorLog.xml file:

<Log userID="Domain\user" duration="529113" utc_day="6" utc_month="10" utc_year="2006" utc_lastloggedon="2006-10-04 18:29:39" />

More details you´ll find at the following a good and older Altiris documentation attached to this post.

Additionally, if you need sanitize the primary user information on a computer: http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO7989

Regards,

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