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LAN Watch (tm) 1.00
Copyright 1990 by E. Zaron
All Rights Reserved
Published by Zaron Software
13100 Dulaney Valley Road
Glen Arm, Maryland 21057
(301) 592-3334
Contents
LAN Watch Objectives . . . . . 2
System Overview . . . . . . . 3
System Requirements . . . . . 4
Installation . . . . . . . . . 4
Logon Program . . . . . . . . 5
Setup Program . . . . . . . . 8
Report Program . . . . . . . . 18
Password Program . . . . . . . 19
Purging Station Logs . . . . . 19
Job Accounting . . . . . . . . 19
Logon Error Codes . . . . . . 20
1
LAN Watch (tm) Objectives
The LAN Watch program works on individual PCs and network
workstations and meets the following objectives.
. Provide complete PC and network security
----------------------------------------
User access is restricted by password and assigned security
level. Access can be denied or limited to read-only on a
file by file basis. Users can be restricted to running only
authorized programs. LAN Watch automatically logs out a user
after a preset period of inactivity. Logon password files
are securely encrypted to deter 'hackers'.
. Stop LAN piracy
---------------
Users cannot download programs or data files to floppy disks
without authorization.
. Eliminate LAN corruption
------------------------
Users cannot copy programs on to their PC or the network
without authorization. This is the most effective way to
protect against computer viruses.
. Software metering
-----------------
Records the number of copies of a program that are run at
different workstations simultaneously.
. Monitor equipment utilization
-----------------------------
Records every user logged on to the computer or the network
and records the time spent in each program. Statistical
reports reveal equipment utilization, program use, and user
efficiency.
. Report all file accesses
------------------------
Provides a complete report of all file accesses and changes.
Records when files are read or written, and by whom.
. Complete Job Accounting
-----------------------
LAN Watch provides accurate job accounting for an
unlimited number of jobs. Job totals and the time each
user spends on a job are reported.
. Ease of Use
-----------
LAN Watch is easy to install and easy to use. Installation,
even on a network, takes only 1 minute per station and may be
done remotely. A complete context sensitive help system
provides pop-up help at every point in the programs. All
programs are menu driven.
2
LAN Watch (tm) System Overview
There are four programs in the LAN Watch system.
1. LOGON
-----
Logon is the TSR portion of the system that stays resident in
your computer and provides logon capabilities with password
checking.
A new user can log on to the system by typing LOGON at the
DOS prompt or by pressing the logon hot key at any time (the
logon hot key is user definable and is set to a default value
of ALT CTRL L).
Users can log on or off at any time, even while running a
program. If a user logs off while in a program the program's
operation is suspended until the user returns or a new user
logs on.
2. SETUP
-----
The Setup program defines new users to the system and
provides them with an initial password. The Setup program
also assigns a security level to each user and controls which
files or devices can be accessed by which users.
3. REPORT
------
The Report program provides a flexible means for reporting
network or PC activity by date, user, program, job or file.
The Report program also gives the status of all network
stations showing who is using each.
The Report and Setup programs contain complete help systems
that may be accessed by pressing the F1 key at ANYTIME.
4. PASSWORD
--------
The Password program allows the user to change his password.
When running the Password program the user first enters his
name and current password and is then prompted to enter his
new password.
3
System Requirements
LAN Watch requires an IBM PC/AT/PS2 or compatible with DOS
2.1+ and a hard disk.
LAN Watch can operate on individual or networked PCs and is
compatible with all networking systems. LAN Watch can also
be used with diskless workstations.
Installation of the LAN Watch system requires 360k bytes of
disk storage. The resident portion of LAN Watch requires 17k
of RAM in each workstation or individual PC.
Installation
To install the LAN Watch system insert the LAN Watch disk in
Drive A: and then type the following line at the DOS prompt.
A:INSTALL A,C
If your hard disk is in a drive other than C simply replace
the C with the correct identifier. Likewise, if the LAN
Watch disk is inserted into a drive other than A, replace the
A with the correct identifier. The installation process
creates a subdirectory named \ZZLOG on your hard disk and
also copies the LOGON program to the root directory.
After the install process has copied the Logon and Password
programs to your hard disk it will pause and ask if the Setup
and Report programs are to be installed. If you are
installing LAN Watch on a file server or stand alone PC press
the Enter key. If you are installing LAN Watch on a network
station you should press Ctrl C to terminate the install
process.
There are two predefined users in the LAN Watch system when
shipped. User name 'ED' has a password of 'ZARON' and user
name 'PAT' has a password of 'BIRD'. Use either one of these
name/password combinations the first time you log into the
LAN Watch System. After you enter your own names and
passwords with the Setup program you may delete 'ED' and
'PAT' from the list of valid users.
On a network it is not necessary to install the LAN Watch
system on each station. LAN Watch may be installed on the
network server and each station can run Logon from the
server. For example, if the network server's hard drive is
identified on the network as E:, individual stations can log
on with following command lines (assumes station 3 is logging
on).
>E:
>LOGON /Station=3/Name=Ed's Computer/Drive=E:
** Important note: When running Logon on network workstations
the 'Station=' command line parameter (see page 6) must be
used.
4
The Logon Program
The Logon program is a TSR (terminate and stay resident)
program that remains in the memory of your computer. The
Logon program requires 17k of memory. Optionally, the Logon
program may be loaded into high memory from 640k to 1000k
with commercially available memory manager software.
The Logon program uses command line parameters to set
optional system variables. On a non-networked PC no command
line parameters need to be entered.
Command line parameters are entered only the first time Logon
is run after booting your system.
LOGON /Station number=1/Name=Ed's computer/Drive=E:
The three command line parameters above identify this station
as station 1, name the station "Ed's computer" and indicate
that the password files are on drive E:.
The station name "Ed's computer" will appear in page headings
of the reports about station 1.
Logon parameters are not case sensitive and they may be
abbreviated to the first letter, so that the previous command
line may be entered as;
LOGON /s=1/n=Ed's computer/d=e:
The LOGON command line should be included in the computer's
autoexec.bat file so that Logon is automatically installed
when the system is turned on or rebooted.
Once the LOGON program has been installed the computer can be
accessed only by individuals whose name and password have
been previously entered into the system via the SETUP
program.
There are two ways a user can log on to the system. At the
DOS prompt a user can type LOGON and he will be prompted for
his name and password. At other times, the user can press a
hot key which will log off the current user and prompt the
new user for his name and password.
The ability to log on or off from within an application is
very useful. The user may want to leave his station for a
few minutes while running an application. If he simply
presses the logon hot key before leaving he can be assured
that no one will disturb his work. When he returns, he can
enter his name and password and resume his activities.
5
Logon Command Line Parameters
There are seven optional command line parameters that may be
entered the first time Logon is run. Each parameter starts
with a slash '/' followed by a parameter keyword and an equal
sign '='. Immediately following the equal sign is the value
of the parameter. A parameter keyword may be abbreviated to
its first letter. Listed below are the valid parameters that
may be entered on the Logon command line.
/Station=NN
-----------
'NN' is a station number from 1 to 99. The station number is
REQUIRED on networks to identify each station. Each station
must use a different station number. The /Station parameter
is non functional on the single PC version of LAN Watch. The
single PC version of LAN Watch is always station 1.
The log for each station is written to the file
\ZZLOG\STATION.NN, where NN is replaced by the selected
station number. The logon program also writes the station
name and the name of the current user to the file
\ZZLOG\USER.NN, where NN is again replaced by the selected
station number.
/Name=Station Name
------------------
'Station Name' is text string that will be printed on reports
about this station. The station name may be up to 20
characters long.
/Drive=E:
---------
'E:' is the drive that contains the password, group and log
files pertaining to this station. Password, group and log
files are always stored on path \ZZLOG\ on the selected
drive.
The password file is named PASSWORD.BIN and contains the
name, password and security level for each user. The group
file is named GROUP.BIN and contains your group access
definitions. The password and group files are written and
maintained with the LAN Watch Setup program.
/Key=Logon Hot Key
------------------
'Logon Hot Key' is a letter A through Z. For example if you
enter /Key=X, then pressing Alt Ctrl X (hold down the Alt and
Ctrl keys while pressing the X) will log off the current user
and display the log on prompt so that a new user may log on.
6
Logon Command Line Parameters, Cont'd.
/Time=log off delay
-------------------
'Log off delay' is the number of minutes of inactivity that
the Logon program will allow before automatically logging off
the current user. The /Time= parameter can be set to a value
of 3 to 99 minutes. If the /Time= parameter is set to 0 then
the automatic logoff feature will be disabled.
/Environment=variable name
--------------------------
'Variable name' is the name of an environment variable that
contains the name of the current user. The environment
variable name may be up to 25 characters long.
The purpose of the /Environment parameter is to allow you to
use the Logon program's control and reporting abilities even
if you currently use another password system for logging on
users. If you use the /Environment parameter you can avoid
having the user log on twice.
When the /Environment parameter is present the Logon program
will use the contents of named environment variable for the
user name and will not check the user's password.
For example, if you enter '/Environment=user' on the Logon
command line then the program will use the contents of the
environment variable 'USER' as the user name.
Each time the environment variable 'USER' is changed with the
DOS SET command you should rerun the Logon program as in the
following example.
>SET USER=ED
>LOGON
If the user ('ED' in this example) is not found in the
password file, the logon program will assign him to file
access group 7 and give him a security level of 7. If the
user is found in the password file he will be assigned the
security level and access group that were defined for him via
the Setup program.
/Unloadable
-----------
The /Unloadable parameter is not followed by an equal sign or
a value.
If the /Unloadable parameter is present you may deactivate
and unload the Logon program by typing 'LOGON -' at the DOS
prompt '>'.
The /Unloadable parameter should be included only when
testing the LAN Watch system.
7
The Setup Program
The Setup program is used to define new users to the system
and to provide them with an initial password. The Setup
program assigns a security level to each user and controls
which files or devices can be accessed by which users.
There are two main sections in the Setup program.
The first section defines users to the system and assigns
each an initial password, security level and file access
group.
The following is an extract of a sample user definition
screen.
.. Name ........ Security Levels .... Access Group Name ..
. .
. Ed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Finance .
. Karen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Personnel .
. Pat 2 3 4 5 6 7 Finance .
. .
. .
. .
..........................................................
From the above we can see that Ed and Pat both have access to
the files in the Finance access group. Ed has security
levels 1 through 7 while Pat does not have security level 1.
Karen has security levels 1 through 7 and has access to the
files in the Personnel access group.
A user may be assigned any combination of the seven security
levels.
8
The Setup Program, cont'd.
The second section of the Setup program defines file access
groups. Each file access group defines the security level
necessary to read or write to a particular file or device.
For example, a user with security level 1 may be allowed to
read and write file FORECAST.90 while a user with security
level 2 is only allowed to read file FORECAST.90.
The following is an extract of a sample access group
definition screen.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. A: All All 1 .
. A: All Read 2 .
3 . FORECAST.* All All 1 .
4 . FORECAST.* All Read 2 3 4 5 6 .
5 . SETUP.EXE None Read 1 .
6 . *.EXE Write All 1 .
7 . *.EXE None Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. \FINANCE\*.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 .
..........................................................
The Allowed and Security columns control who will have access
to which programs, devices and files. The Report column
indicates which accesses will be reported by the system.
The first line indicates that only users with a security
level of 1 can write to drive A:. The second line indicates
that users with a security level of 2 can only read from
drive A:. Users who have neither a security level of 1 nor 2
will be restricted from using drive A.
The third and fourth lines indicate that only a user with a
security level of 1 can write to file FORECAST.*. Users with
a security level of 2 through 6 are able to read FORECAST.*
but are not be able to change it. Users with only a security
level of 7 are restricted from reading or writing
FORECAST.*.
The fifth line indicates that a security level of 1 is
necessary to run the SETUP program.
Lines 6 and 7 indicate that a security level of 1 is
necessary to write a *.exe file. This restricts users from
loading any executable programs onto the system.
The next to last line indicates that with exception of the
files listed before it, all users can have unrestricted
access to the files on path \FINANCE\.
The last line indicates that users with a security level of 1
will have unrestricted access to the remaining files on the
system.
9
Adding New Users
A user must have his name and password added to the Setup
program's user list before he is able to log on to the
system.
Press 1 at the Setup program main menu to add new user names
to the system.
When the user list is displayed type the new user's name and
press the Enter key. A user name may be a maximum of 18
characters long.
After entering the user's name you will be prompted to enter
the user's initial password. Type the user's password and
press the Enter key. The user's password may be up to 12
characters long. Later, when the user has logged on to the
system he may change his password by running the Password
program.
If a single asterisk '*' is entered as the user's password,
he will be able to log on without entering a password.
Once the password has been entered you will be prompted to
enter the user's security levels. Press Y or N at each line
in the security level menu to select the desired security
levels. There is no implied hierarchy in the security
levels. A user may be given any combination of the seven
security levels.
After selecting the user's security levels you will be
prompted to select the file access group to which the user is
assigned. Press a number from 1 to 7 to select the desired
file access group. A user may be assigned to only one file
access group.
The user list is automatically sorted in name order. As the
user list grows you may search for a particular user by
typing in his name and then pressing the Enter key.
To change an entry in the user list, move the cursor over the
desired user name and press the Enter key. You will then be
prompted to change the assigned security levels and file
access group.
To delete a user from the list, move the cursor over the name
you wish to delete and press the Del key.
You can print the user list by pressing the F9 function key.
Press the F1 function key at anytime to get help while
entering user names.
10
Defining File Access Groups
The file access groups control who gets access to which
programs, devices and files.
Press 3 at the main menu to define the file access groups.
You will then be prompted to select a file access group to
define. Press a number from 1 to 7 to select the desired
access group.
Next, you will be prompted to enter a name for the selected
access group. If the current name does not need to be
changed press the Enter key, otherwise enter a new name for
the group and press the Enter key. The selected file access
group will then be displayed.
The file access group list contains four columns of
information.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. FORECAST.90 Write All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 None Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
The leftmost column gives the file, program or device name.
This column may contain paths and the standard DOS wildcard
characters '*' and '?'.
The next column, titled 'Report', indicates which accesses
will be recorded in the station log. The report column will
contain either 'None', 'Read', 'Write' or 'All'. 'None'
indicates that the system will not record any access
information about the named file or device. An entry of
'Read' indicates that the system will record only read
accesses of the named file or device. An entry of 'Write'
indicates that the system will record only write and delete
accesses of the named file or device. An entry of 'All'
indicates that the system will record all read, write and
delete accesses made of the named file or device.
The next column, titled 'Allowed', indicates which accesses
will be allowed. The allowed column works in conjunction
with the rightmost column, titled 'Security levels', to
control who gets access to what. If a security level of the
current user matches a security level listed in the 'Security
levels' column he will be allowed the access listed in the
'Allowed' column.
The 'Allowed' column may contain either 'None', 'Read', or
'All'. 'None' indicates that no access is allowed. 'Read'
indicates that only read access is allowed. 'All' indicates
that read, write and delete accesses are allowed. It is not
possible to allow write and delete access without giving read
access.
The 'Security levels' column may contain any combination of
the seven security levels.
11
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
The first time a program issues a read or write request for a
particular file, the Logon program scans the current file
access group list searching for a match that will allow the
necessary access. Since the Logon program scans the access
group list from top to bottom, the order of your entries is
important.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. *.* All All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
Referring to the INCORRECT access group list above, if the
current user has only a security level of 2, he will still
have unlimited access to file FORECAST.90 since the Logon
program will get a match when it evaluates the first line of
the access group.
To limit the user to read-only access of file FORECAST.90 the
access group should be structured as shown below.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* All All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
The order of entries in the access group list is controlled
by the location of the cursor when you begin typing a new
entry for the list. New entries are inserted before the line
at the cursor.
Whenever Logon encounters a wildcard character '*' or '?' it
checks to see if a match has already failed for the desired
file or device name.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. FORECAST.* All All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
Using the above access group list, a user with only security
level 2 will not be able to write file FORECAST.90. The user
will be able to write any other FORECAST file so long as it
does not end with the suffix 90.
12
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
Once a particular file or device name appears in the access
group list each security level must be explicitly granted
access to use it.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
Using the above access group list, a user with only security
level 1 will not be able to use file FORECAST.90. To allow
the security level 1 user access to file FORECAST.90 you must
add another entry as in the following list.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
Usually, when you make an entry in the access group list that
restricts the access for certain security levels you will
make a matching entry that allows access for other security
levels.
To restrict certain security levels from running a particular
program set the 'Allowed' column to 'None'. For example, the
following access group will allow only users with a security
level of 1 to run the Report or Setup programs. Read access
allows a user to run a program.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. SETUP.EXE All Read 1 .
2 . SETUP.EXE All None 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. REPORT.EXE All Read 1 .
4 . REPORT.EXE All None 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
Since each security level needs to be explicitly granted
access to each name in the access group we may delete the 2nd
and 4th lines of the list and still retain the same
functionality.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. SETUP.EXE All Read 1 .
. REPORT.EXE All Read 1 .
. .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
13
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
A similar method may be used when you want to give only
certain security levels access to a file. For example, using
the following access group list only users with a security
level of 1 or 2 will be able to access file ACTUALS.90.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. SETUP.EXE All Read 1 .
. REPORT.EXE All Read 1 .
. ACTUALS.90 All All 1 2 .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
The 'Report' column in the access group list controls what
access information is written to the station logs. There are
usually many files accessed by a program that you do not care
to have the system track. For instance, files with a suffix
of .TMP or .WRK are often temporary work files. To keep the
station logs from using excessive disk storage you may want
to eliminate the reporting of these files by setting the
'Report' column to 'None' as in the following.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. *.TMP None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.WRK None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. SETUP.EXE All Read 1 .
. REPORT.EXE All Read 1 .
. ACTUALS.90 All All 1 2 .
. FORECAST.90 All All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 All Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
The best way to find out which files you do not want reported
is to use the LAN Watch system for 1 day and then run the
Report program. An examination of the file report will
quickly show you what files to exclude.
14
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
You may want to set the 'Report' column to 'Write' for those
files that you do not care who reads. Actually, this is
most often what we want. So, if we set the 'Report' column
to 'Write' our sample access group will look like the
following.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. *.TMP None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.WRK None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. SETUP.EXE Write Read 1 .
. REPORT.EXE Write Read 1 .
. ACTUALS.90 Write All 1 2 .
. FORECAST.90 Write All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
An exception to this may be when we publish a new set of
policies and procedures that we want everyone to read. By
setting the 'Report' column to 'Read' or 'All' we will later
be able to run a report that shows who has actually read the
new policies and procedures.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. POLICIES.NEW All All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.TMP None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.WRK None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. SETUP.EXE Write Read 1 .
. REPORT.EXE Write Read 1 .
. ACTUALS.90 Write All 1 2 .
. FORECAST.90 Write All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
15
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
Careful use of the file access groups can eliminate software
theft and the introduction of computer viruses into your
computer.
To eliminate software theft simply lock out selected users
from writing to floppy drives A: and B:. In the following
example only users with a security level of 1 can write to
drives A: or B:.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. A: Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. A: Write All 1 .
. B: Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. B: Write All 1 .
. *.TMP None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.WRK None All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. FORECAST.90 Write All 1 .
. FORECAST.90 Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. .
..........................................................
To eliminate the introduction of viruses lock out selected
users from reading executable files (*.exe and *.com) from
floppy drives A: and B:. In the following example only users
with a security level of 1 can write to drives A: or B:, or
can read an executable file from drives A: or B:. Other
users will still be able to read a data file from drives A:
or B:.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. A:*.COM Write Read 1 .
. A:*.EXE Write Read 1 .
. A:*.* Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. A:*.* Write All 1 .
. B:*.COM Write Read 1 .
. B:*.EXE Write Read 1 .
. B:*.* Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. B:*.* Write All 1 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
16
Defining File Access Groups, cont'd.
To positively exclude the introduction of new *.com or *.exe
files you need to prevent a user from loading an executable
file under a different name and then renaming it with a .exe
or .com suffix. The following access list does that by
giving only security level 1 users write access to *.exe or
*.com files. In the LAN Watch system, renaming a file
requires write access.
Lines 9 through 12 in the following access list give security
level 1 users the ability to write *.exe and *.com files,
while restricting other users to read-only access.
.. Finance files .... Report Allowed Security Levels ..
. .
. A:*.COM Write Read 1 .
. A:*.EXE Write Read 1 .
. A:*.* Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. A:*.* Write All 1 .
. B:*.COM Write Read 1 .
. B:*.EXE Write Read 1 .
. B:*.* Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. B:*.* Write All 1 .
9 . *.EXE Write All 1 .
. *.COM Write All 1 .
. *.EXE Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.COM Write Read 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
. *.* Write All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .
..........................................................
I suggest that you group similar file names to make your file
list more readable. You should also list more restrictive
names before less restrictive names (*.COM is more
restrictive than *.*, FORECAST.90 is more restrictive than
FORECAST.*).
When setting up an access group list you should always keep
one name/password combination assigned to a different access
group list that you know works. This is a precaution to
insure that you will always be able to get back into the
Setup program even if you completely mess up the access group
on which you are working.
You may change the file access groups at any time, but the
changes you make will not take affect until the next time you
log on.
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The Report Program
The Report program is used to create reports based on the
data collected by the Logon program.
The Report program generates six different reports. For each
report the user may select starting and ending dates, station
numbers, user name, program name, file name and other
criteria that control the level of detail and specificity of
the report.
After a report is generated it may be printed or viewed on
the screen. While viewing the report you may search for
specific text, jump to a particular page, and print selected
pages.
1. Date Report
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The Date report lists a chronological log of each station's
use, including the user name, programs run and files
accessed. A report summary gives daily totals for each day
the station was active. A report graph shows at a glance the
system workload for each day of the week.
2. User Report
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The User report lists each user's time on the system and
includes the programs run and files accessed. A report
summary gives the total time each user was logged on, and his
or her activity level measured in keystrokes per minute.
3. File Report
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The File report displays all file accesses in file name, date
and time sequence. The user name, station number and program
name are identified with each file access reported.
4. Program Report
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The Program report lists all programs that were run in
program name, date and time sequence. A report summary gives
the total time each program was run, and the number of copies
of each program run simultaneously at different stations.
5. Job Report
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The Job report gives a complete list of the total time spent
on each job, and the portion of the total spent by each
user.
6. Active Report
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The Active report shows who is currently logged on the
network at each station.
The Report program can only be run if the Logon program has
been previously loaded into memory.
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The Password Program
The Password program allows the user to change his password.
When running the Password program the user first enters his
name and current password and is then prompted to enter his
new password.
The Password program can only be run if the Logon program has
been previously loaded into memory.
Purging Station Logs
The Logon program collects detailed information about the
operation of your computer and writes it to file
\ZZLOG\STATION.NN where NN is the station number that is
being monitored. For example, the station log for station 3
is written to file \ZZLOG\STATION.03.
Over time these station logs may expand to consume excessive
disk space. To purge a station log simply delete it with the
DOS erase command. For example, to delete the station log
for station 3 type the following line at the DOS prompt.
ERASE \ZZLOG\STATION.03
Station logs may be erased at anytime without affecting the
operation of the LAN Watch system. When a station log is
erased, a new one will be automatically started by the LAN
Watch system.
We suggest that at the end of each month, after printing all
your monthly reports with the Report program, that you erase
the station logs to conserve disk space.
If disk space is not a consideration you may let the station
logs accumulate for up to 600 days, at which time they should
be erased.
Using LAN Watch as a Job Accounting System
The LAN Watch system can be used for job accounting by adding
a semicolon and job name to the user name when logging on to
the system.
For example, if ED logs on as ED;JOB 1, his time will be
accounted for under the job name JOB 1.
The total length of the job name should not exceed 17
characters.
Once job names have been used you can run the Job report.
The Job report gives a complete list of the total time spent
on each job, and the portion of the total spent by each
user.
The user can switch from one job to another at any time by
pressing the logon hot key.
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Logon Error Codes
When the Logon program encounters a disk or network error, it
will display a coded error message and give you an
opportunity to retry the operation. The following list gives
the meaning of each error code.
01 Invalid function 52 Duplicate name on network
02 File not found 53 Network name not found
03 Path not found 54 Network busy
04 No handles available 55 Network disconnected
05 Access denied 56 Net BIOS command limit exceeded
06 Invalid handle 57 Network adapter error
12 Invalid access code 58 Incorrect network response
13 Invalid data 59 Unexpected network error
15 Invalid drive 60 Incompatible remote adapter
19 Disk write protected 64 Network name deleted
21 Drive not ready 65 Access denied
25 Seek error 66 Network device type incorrect
26 Unknown media type 67 Network name not found
27 Sector not found 68 Network name limit exceeded
29 Write fault 69 Net BIOS session limit exceeded
30 Read fault 70 Temporarily paused
31 General failure 71 Network request not accepted
32 Sharing violation 83 Fail on Int 24
33 Lock violation 86 Invalid password
36 Sharing buffer overflow 87 Invalid parameter
50 Network request not supported 88 Network data fault
51 Remote computer not listening 89 Unknown error
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