you could use smbstatus and grep out the users. Sean
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 1:11 AM, James Dugger <james.dug...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if a Linux server can identify windows users connected to > the server through a Samba share, where Samba has not been configured as a > domain controller (i.e. samba is resolving user accounts with smbpasswd > only). Are the windows users always synced with a UNIX user? > > I am writing a bash script for a rather peculiar backup scenario where > laptops running Windows 7 are backed up to a server when/if they are > connected to the LAN using rsync. There is no local DNS server or domain > controller installed in the LAN (other than the router which is only > configured for DHCP service). I had planned to use the following to > generate a list of connected users: > > who | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort | uniq > /srv/backup/user.lst > > This list would then be read into a bash array and used to iterate the > backup script for those known connected users. However, If I can't verify > Windows users that are connected is there a clean non-taxing way to test > for the mac addresses of the connected laptops over the LAN? I know that > using: > > nmap -sP <ip address range> > > will return the mac address along with other info, but I don't know if > there is a way to get a clean mac address only list from scan. > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > > -- > James > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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