UserLock Documentation
UserLock Documentation
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User sessions

The 'User sessions' view displays an instant view in real time of the sessions activity on the network monitored by UserLock. Two modes of display are available: by users or by computers.

Information displayed

The following information is displayed in the 'View by user' mode:

  • The user status.
  • The user display name.
  • The user account.
  • The number of sessions open.
  • Open session name (workstations or servers/terminals name).
  • The session status.
  • The session type.
  • The 'Initial access point' status icon.
  • The 'Initial access point' IP.
  • The country (geolocation).
  • The time of the logon.
  • The last workstation on which the user logged on (ServerName/ClientName for terminal sessions).
  • The time of the last logon (in local time).
  • The last workstation where they logged off (ServerName/ClientName for terminal sessions).
  • The last time the user logged off.
  • The organizational unit the user is a member of.
  • The time of the last user session activity.
  • The IP address of the client.
  • The name of the client.
  • The operating system of the computer (*).

The following information is displayed in the 'View by computer' mode:

  • The computer name.
  • The number of sessions open on the computer.
  • The list of all users having a session open on this computer. For terminal sessions the name of the terminal is displayed after the name of the user.
  • The session status.
  • The type of session.
  • The country (geolocation).
  • The time of the logon.
  • The building (if a localization mask is enabled).
  • The room (if a localization mask is enabled).
  • The IP address of the client.
  • The name of the client.
  • The organizational unit of the computer.
  • The last user logged on this computer.
  • The time of the last session open on this computer.
  • The time of the last session activity on this computer.
  • The operating system of the computer (*).

All columns are not displayed by default. You can personalize the display layout of this view by right-clicking on a column name and selecting the 'Column Chooser' from the advanced context menu.

(*): Not available on Backup and Standalone Terminal UserLock server types.

Legend

The session icon corresponds to the session types:

  •  Open interactive session (workstation or terminal).
  •  Locked/Disconnected interactive session (workstation or terminal).
  •  Wi-Fi session.
  •  VPN session.
  •  IIS session.
  •  The corresponding session is an initial access point of the user (entry point in the network).
  •   The corresponding session is not an initial access point and has been opened from an existing parent session.
  •   Windows computer
  •   Mac computer

Interactions with User sessions

UserLock offers the capability to interact remotely with all sessions, open or locked. Select target sessions by checking the corresponding box and launch the desired action through the 'Quick access' panel or the context menu (right-clicking in the view).

Actions can be remote session interactions or 'Computer commands'.

Warning: 'Reset' action

The action entitled 'Reset' is specific to UserLock. 'Reset' a session means remove this session from the list of known sessions in UserLock.

A session which has been reset will no longer be displayed in the 'User sessions' view and will no longer be taken into consideration when applying the user access control policy. This feature is intended for removing a session for which the corresponding machine is no longer available, for example when hardware issue occurred on a computer preventing it from restarting correctly. We recommend that you only perform this action when you are sure that the corresponding session is no longer pertinent. Any session removed from UserLock monitoring through the 'Reset' action is permanently lost.

The 'Quick access' panel or the context menu provide a shortcut 'Display session history' to quickly launch a history of the last 30 days activity for a user or a computer.

From the 'View by user' mode it's also possible to display 'Time quotas' information for the selected user through the 'Display consumed time' shortcut.