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    #1

    User Logon Tracking

    Hi,

    I checked the access.log file and it does not appear to display the user name logging into the application. Is there an option to log user names or another way to track this information?

    Thanks, +/Chuck
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    #2
    Re: User Logon Tracking

    You can use this code placed on the login page, above the HTML tag. The variable "userid" will contain the username they used to log in. The code will only fire IF they successfully log in. You can tweak it to show failed attempts also. I am saving the results to a table of my own, you'd have to create that. You won't be able to tweak the default log file that Alpha creates.

    Code:
    '''UNCOMMENT FOR LOGIN AUDITING. MUST ADD WEB_ULOG.DBF TO MATCH cs STRING
'if eval_valid("submitbutton")
'if eval_valid("userid")
'	dim vulink as c = ""
'	if eval_valid("session.__protected__ulink")
'		if session.__protected__ulink = ""
'			vulink = "Failed"
'		else
'			vulink = session.__protected__ulink
'		end if 
'	else
'		vulink = "Failed"
'	end if
'	cs = session.timestamp + crlf() + "Login" + crlf() + vulink + crlf() + userid + crlf() + session.sessionid + crlf() + Request.Remote_addr + crlf() + if(eval_valid("request.UserAgent"),request.UserAgent,"") + crlf() + if(eval_valid("session.referer"),session.referer,"") + crlf() + if(eval_valid("session.entrypage"),session.entrypage,"")
'	record_add("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\web_ulog.dbf", cs, 2)
'end if
'end if
    Steve Wood
    See my profile on IADN

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      #3
      Re: User Logon Tracking

      The Web Security system has an option to create a login activity file. If you check the option in the Security Settings genie, you can select if you want it created in the page folder or the data folder. It is named 'a5ws_login.log' and automatically creates a simple text file of all successful logins.

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        #4
        Re: User Logon Tracking

        Here is an example of the file Jerry refers to. So, only if you want MORE or different than what this provides, you might investigate using my code.

        10/07/2008 08:06:01 92 am - USERID:[email protected] GUID:bcb65502b7d34bd6a2b60c91710afd1b LOGIN EXPIRES:10/08/2008 08:06:01 92 am
        10/07/2008 08:31:34 43 pm - USERID:[email protected] GUID:bcb65502b7d34bd6a2b60c91710afd1b LOGIN EXPIRES:10/08/2008 08:31:34 43 pm
        Steve Wood
        See my profile on IADN

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          #5
          Re: User Logon Tracking

          Thanks Jerry and Steve! I will use the built-in approach to get something up quickly but I appreciate the idea that more information will be useful including rejects. Thanks again for the swift replies... ;-) +/Chuck

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            #6
            Re: User Logon Tracking

            Originally posted by JerryBrightbill View Post
            The Web Security system has an option to create a login activity file. If you check the option in the Security Settings genie, you can select if you want it created in the page folder or the data folder. It is named 'a5ws_login.log' and automatically creates a simple text file of all successful logins.
            Re my last, I found this post by Jerry, so why can I not get it to work

            Toby

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              #7
              Re: User Logon Tracking

              :) You referenced "it" so assuming that Jerry's "it" is the same as your "it" you are referring to an option named a5ws_login.log . Did you check it's checkbox?

              Just messing with you Toby!! :D

              But you really do have to give more info so that someone who may know the answer will have at least a start on where to guess!
              Mike
              __________________________________________
              It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
              It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
              Henry David Thoreau
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                #8
                Re: User Logon Tracking

                Sorry Mike this was a V10 Question (see post)

                I seem to be having more of these senior moments just lately!

                Toby

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                  #9
                  Re: User Logon Tracking

                  I seem to be having more of these senior moments just lately!

                  yes somehow I thought this was the v9 forum also,

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