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Remotely log a user on?
Name: Kenneth (by appleoddity) Date: September 29, 2008 at 17:47:50 Pacific OS: Windows CPU/Ram: NA Product: NA
Comment:
Hello. I'm trying to find a method to programatically log a user on to the console.
I'm thinking possibly some sort of WMI function or something.
I need to write a program for a computer lab teacher to automatically log her students on to their respective PCs, because it takes kindegartners an hour to figure out how to type a complex password in. I want to store the usernames and passwords on the teachers PC and have it automatically log specific users on to remote PCs.
Name: Razor2.3 Date: September 30, 2008 at 06:32:55 Pacific
Reply:
It can be done. I assume you'd have to make a pass-though GINA stub that would open up some listening port. Then you'd have to write a separate application that would take advantage of the new GINA.
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