How can you tell who is logged into a server?
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How to: Find Who is Logged onto a Server
- Step 1: Run on current system. from the command prompt end "query user" or "quser" for short.
- Step 2: Run on a remote system. from the command prompt end "query user /server:SERVERNAME" or "quser /server:SERVERNAME" for short.
Besides, how do I see who is logged into a server?
Remotely
- Hold down the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
- Type “CMD“, then press “Enter” to open a command prompt.
- At the command prompt, type the following then press “Enter“: query user /server:computername.
- The computer name or domain followed by the username is displayed.
- Step 1: Press Windows icon key + X and scroll down the menu.
- Step 2: Type in gpedit.
- Step 3: Go to the following path:
- Step 4: Find the Audit logon events policy.
- Step 5: Right-click and then click on Edit.
- Step 1: Open the Windows event viewer.
Similarly one may ask, how do you tell who is RDP into a server?
If you don't have this on your machine, you can RDP into a server that has it (any server should) under Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Terminal Services Manager. Then, go to Actions and choose "Connect to Computer". That will list all active and inactive sessions and users.
w command is used to show logged-in user names and what they are doing. The information will be read from /var/run/utmp file. The output of the w command contains the following columns: User's machine number or tty number.