How To
Determine from Which Computer a User Logged On
SUMMARY
This article describes the methods available to identify
from which system a user logged on. You may choose from one or more of the
following methods:
Windows NT Auditing
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Microsoft Network Monitor (or other network tracing
utility)
-or-
Using the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
database
-or-
Using the NetBIOS Remote Name Cache table
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INFORMATION
Windows
NT Auditing
To determine from which system a user logged on with
Windows NT Auditing, perform the following steps:
1.
Start User Manager
for Domains.
2.
Click Audit from
the Policies menu.
3.
Click to enable
Success for the Logon and Logoff category. Optionally, you may also select
the Failure check box.
After the above procedure has been implemented, Windows
NT will create an event log for each successful log on attempt. The log will
appear like the example below:
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Date:
10/13/97
Event ID: 528
Time: 10:32:11
AM Source: Security
User: JoeSmith
Type: Success Audit
Computer: MKTINGDOM
Category: Logon/Logoff
Description:
Logon/Logoff:
Successful
Logon User Name:
JoeSmith
Domain: MKTINGDOM
Logon ID: (0x0,
0x2D0D0)
Logon Type: 3
Logon Process:
User32 Authentication Pkg:
MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0
Workstation Name:
\\WKS2
Network
Monitor
To
determine from which system a user logged on with Network Monitor, perform
the following steps:
1.
Capture all
incoming traffic to the domain controller(s). In order to reduce the size of
the captured data:
o
If possible,
include only the Primary or Backup Domain Controller that is most likely to
validate the intruder.
o
Set a capture
filter, including only the server message block (SMB) protocol.
o
Configure a large
enough memory buffer through the Buffer Settings option in the Capture menu.
2.
After the data has
been captured, set a display filter to only include:
Protocol: SMB
Property: Account Namewww.tartoos.com
Relation: Exists
This will
display all the initial SMB session setup containing the user name and the
source media access control address.
For example:
Src Mac Addr: Dst Mac
Addr: Description
WKS1
SUNKING C session setup & X, Username = MariaH, and C
tree connect & X, Share
= \\SUNKING\IPC$
WKS2
SUNKING C session setup & X, Username = JoeSmith, and C
tree connect & X, Share
= \\SUNKING\IPC$
WKS3
SUNKING C session setup & X, Username = Administrator,
and C tree connect & X,
Share = \\SUNKING\IPC$
In the example above, WKS1 is the computer where the user is logging on
from, SUNKING is the domain controller authenticating the request, and the
Description contains the Windows NT domain account being used.
NOTE: The Src Mac Addr may also been shown as a media access control or IP
address if the NetBIOS name could not be resolved or the entry is not in the
Network Monitor address database.
Using the
WINS Database
To determine from which system a user logged on using the
WINS database, perform the following steps:
1.
Start WINS
Manager.
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2.
Click Show
Database on the Mappings menu.
3.
Click Set Filter,
type the user account name in the Computer Name criteria, and then click OK.
4.
In the Mappings
list, the entry with the user account name and the 03h identifier maps to
the IP address of the workstation from which the user logged on to the
domain.
Using the
NetBIOS Remote Name Table
To determine from which system a user logged on using the
NetBIOS Remote Name Table, perform the following steps:
1.
From an MS-DOS
command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter.
net send <user name> "text message"www.tartoos.com
where <user name> is the user account for the user you are attempting to
locate.
2.
Type the
following, and then press Enter.
nbtstat -c
3.
As in the example
above using the WINS Database, locate the user name that is associated with
the 03h identifier and the corresponding IP address is that of the
workstation.
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