file modifiers username across network connection impossible?
I'm running into this problem when it comes to determining a network logged on username and i hope someone can help me out or atleast point me in the right direction.
Situation:
1 Windows 2003 server that is serving files through Active directory. No Dfs installed, just plain files sharing.
1 or multiple clients that access the files, make modifications and creates or deletes files. For arguments sake let's say that the clients are Windows XP computer and the users are logged on to the local domain (AD).
Currently available:
When the client alters, creates or deletes a file i have a (VB.Net Windows Service) script that tells me that this is being done and stores a record in a database for this action being performed.
Desire:
I wan't to know the client's ip-address, computername or logged on username so that i can store this to. I have tried about 20 different scripts but all check the username on the server side and not the client. So now i either get back "SYSTEM" or "NTAUTHORITY\SYSTEM" instead of the user's AD name.
Below is the code i use to monitor the directory and or file changes.
The "writeDBLog" is where i want to pass the username to write to the database.
Imports System.ServiceProcess
Imports System.IO
Imports wrFolderSpy.dbFunc
Public Class wrFolderSpy
Inherits System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase
Public folderToWatch As FileSystemWatcher
Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String)
folderToWatch = New FileSystemWatcher
folderToWatch.Path = "D:\SomeDirectory"
With folderToWatch
.NotifyFilter = .NotifyFilter Or NotifyFilters.FileName
.NotifyFilter = .NotifyFilter Or NotifyFilters.Attributes
.IncludeSubdirectories = True
End With
AddHandler folderToWatch.Created, AddressOf newLog
AddHandler folderToWatch.Deleted, AddressOf newLog
folderToWatch.EnableRaisingEvents = True
End Sub
Private Sub newLog(ByVal Source As Object, ByVal evt As FileSystemEventArgs)
If evt.ChangeType = WatcherChangeTypes.Created Then
writeDBLog(evt.FullPath, "created")
ElseIf evt.ChangeType = WatcherChangeTypes.Deleted Then
writeDBLog(evt.FullPath, "deleted")
End If
End Sub
End Class
Any suggestions?
DutchCoder wrote: