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Check User Login

Pawan

How can we check whether a user is logged into the TeamSite ? I want to check the login status of the current user.

TS 6.7.1 Solaris

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chetansethi

Try iwrecentusers CLT

This displays a list of everyone who has used TeamSite since the last time the TeamSite server was started. The list also contains a timestamp of each user’s most recent TeamSite operation.

Pawan

I want to test whether a particular user is logged in TS right now. This info is not provided by iwrecentusers CLT.

chicka

In which OS, the TS is running?

ISCBorisB

I want to test whether a particular user is logged in TS right now. This info is not provided by iwrecentusers CLT.

There is no TS API to get an exact list of "right now" users.

A requirement of that nature may be a tall order, with strictly Browser interface
Server has no way to tell if your user simply killed Browser window without formally
logging off

Pawan

In which OS, the TS is running?

Solaris
Yes, TS is up and running and other users are working too.

Pawan

There is no TS API to get an exact list of "right now" users.

A requirement of that nature may be a tall order, with strictly Browser interface
Server has no way to tell if your user simply killed Browser window without formally
logging off

If I donot formally logoff and kill the browser window, then open a new window, I can access TS wiithout logging in again, this shows user is still logged in.

Sometimes, I get a message of The session has expired, and have to re-login. Can I check for this and similar scenarios ?

chicka

Pawan,
Long time back my client cameup with a audit requirement wherein utility has to be generated which should report equivalent to your rquirement. I tried lot of possiblities though our TS apllication uses LDAP, but were in vein. What I could visualize is these activities/info can be logged in access.log. Just my approach Smiley Sad

may be IWOV Heather can validate my suggestion.

Adam Stoller

I want to test whether a particular user is logged in TS right now. This info is not provided by iwrecentusers CLT.

You're attempting to get state information from a stateless system -- good luck.

ISCBorisB

Sometimes, I get a message of The session has expired, and have to re-login. Can I check for this and similar scenarios ?

I do not think so. Session ID is assigned per User and is kept locally in his/her Browser's IWAUTH cookie.
There is no way for you (server side or user A) to figure out what are Session IDs of users B, C, D... and
either they expired or not.

I used [thread=18610]the following hack[/thread] before but that is a far cry from what you want. Besides, I'm not even sure if this still works (nor Files exist) in 6.7

moonkhanna

another thing you may like to do is to read through the customisation guide. There is a parameter somewhere that you can configure to reduce the amount of time a session ID is valid. SO for eg. if you reduce the session ID to 30-60 mins and then run the iwrecentusers clt, you would very close to what you want...

Just a thought but you would need some research on the matter

ISCBorisB

another thing you may like to do is to read through the customisation guide. There is a parameter somewhere that you can configure to reduce the amount of time a session ID is valid. SO for eg. if you reduce the session ID to 30-60 mins and then run the iwrecentusers clt, you would very close to what you want...

Just a thought but you would need some research on the matter

iwrecentusers.exe displays a list of everyone who has used TeamSite since the last time the TeamSite server was started.
Therefore in most activity Scenarios Shorter/Longer expiration period will not significantly change iwrecentusers output.

Pawan

You're attempting to get state information from a stateless system -- good luck.

Not sure, what you mean here.

Let me state an example, I have a cgi window opened, and I manually go and logout from the TS through browser. Then I click on Submit button in the cgi window, which does many operations on the server as well as the client side.
Can I authenticate whether this user running the cgi file is logged in the system ?

Adam Stoller

Not sure, what you mean here.

Let me state an example, I have a cgi window opened, and I manually go and logout from the TS through browser. Then I click on Submit button in the cgi window, which does many operations on the server as well as the client side.
Can I authenticate whether this user running the cgi file is logged in the system ?

If you did an explicit logout from TS - then the user's authentication cookie should be removed / invalidated, such that any attempt by them to interact with TS will now redirect them to the login page to become authenticated.

That's fine - if the user explicitly does a logout.

If the user simply closes the browser window or quits the browser application - the TS authentication cookie remains intact - and thus they can re-connect at any time within the timeout / expiration period of that authentication cookie and be able to continue working within TeamSite without re-authenticating.

Because you have no control over whether users explicitly logout or just quit their browser windows - you have no way of verifying if/when they did work within the allocated time of their authentication.

I've worked in environment where they've tweaked the lifetime of the cookie to be "infinite" - and thus unless something comes and explicitly destroys or invalidates the cookie, I can connect today, tomorrow, next week, next month - and there's nothing in TeamSite that tracks the fact that I "connected" to it - it will only be able to track when I explicitly login / logout.

Pawan

If you did an explicit logout from TS - then the user's authentication cookie should be removed / invalidated, such that any attempt by them to interact with TS will now redirect them to the login page to become authenticated.....

Thanks Ghoti.
Can I check for this condition, in which I explicitly logout of TS, then I can show the user on the cgi screen itself to re-login.
Is there any way, or other ideas are most welcome.