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Bug in NET USER /times or is it me?
Hi,
Let's assume the following command net user john /times:F,10am-12pm or net user john /times:F,10:00-24:00 The command "net user john" displays the correct settings. But if John tries to connect between 10am and 12pm, the login is rejected. If I change the settings as follows net user john /times:F,10am-11pm or net user john /times:F,10:00-23:00 there's no problem. Is this a known bug or did I miss some syntax subtlety? How do I set midnight as the end of the time slot? -- Patrick Philippot - Microsoft MVP MainSoft Consulting Services www.mainsoft.fr |
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Bug in NET USER /times or is it me?
Hi,
It seems it's an XP specific bug. We have made some progress analyzing this bug with another fellow MVP (Gilles Laurent). Actually, there are two problems. If I use the am-pm notation and if the end time is midnight as in net user john /times:S,10am-12pm the command "net user john" will display the expected settings but the logon hours data (retrieved with the NetUserGetInfo API) is obviously wrong (first bug): \ netusertimes -get -user john 0 6 12 18 24 | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Sunday L D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Monday M D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Tuesday M D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Wednesday J D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Thursday V D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Friday S D D D D D D D D D D A A D D D D D D D D D D D D Saturday A : Allowed D : Disallowed netusertimes being a small program written by Gilles and using the NetUserGetInfo API.. Now, if I enter the following command: net user john /times:S,10:00-24:00 (which is actually the same command) the command "net user john" will display wrong settings (second bug) claiming that John is allowed to logon from Saturday (S is for samedi-saturday in french) 10:00am to Sunday 12:am. However, the actual settings retrieved with netusertimes are correct and the logon hours work as expected: \ netusertimes -get -user john 0 6 12 18 24 | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Sunday L D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Monday M D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Tuesday M D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Wednesday J D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Thursday V D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Friday S D D D D D D D D D D A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Saturday A : Allowed D : Disallowed We observe the same behavior with the english version of XP. Conclusion: if the end of a time slot is midnight, do not use the am-pm notation. Using the hh:mm notation will cause net user username to display wrong settings but the actual settings will be correct and work as expected. Cheers. -- Patrick Philippot - Microsoft MVP MainSoft Consulting Services www.mainsoft.fr |
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Bug in NET USER /times or is it me?
Hi,
Conclusion: if the end of a time slot is midnight, do not use the am-pm notation. Using the hh:mm notation will cause net user username to display wrong settings but the actual settings will be correct and work as expected. Well, actually, there's no bug. It's a problem with the confusing am-pm notation that is not interpreted here as in the US. 12pm doesn't mean midnight but noon while 12am means midnight. Here in France, we tend to consider that 12am is noon and 12pm midnight. So both the settings and the display of the settings when using net user username are actually correct and the command works as expected. Just, the notation is misleading... -- Patrick Philippot - Microsoft MVP MainSoft Consulting Services www.mainsoft.fr |
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