gistfile1.py

import subprocess
import os

class WindowsUser:
        def __init__(self, name, session, state, idle):
                self.name = name
                self.session = session
                self.state = state
                self.idle = idle


def get_users_on_server(serverName):
    """Perform a "query user" command to the specified server and map the results to a list of WindowsUsers"""
    
    filePath = serverName + 'userdump'
    
    #Call the commandline program to list users on a server, dump the results to our file
    with open(filePath, "w") as fileHandle:
            statusCode = subprocess.call(['query', 'user', '/server:'+serverName], stdout=fileHandle)
    
    #Read that same file back in to get the raw user data
    with open(filePath, "r") as fileHandle:
        rawData = fileHandle.readlines()

    if os.path.isfile(filePath):
        os.remove(filePath)            

    #No users is an empty file
    if len(rawData) == 0: return []

    #remove the header row
    rawData.pop(0)
    #Split each row on general whitespace
    rows = [line.split() for line in rawData]
    #each row is in the format: [0:username, 1:sessionname, 2:id, 3:state, 4:idleminutes, 5:logondate, 6:logontime, 7:logonAM/PM]
    users = [WindowsUser(row[0], row[1], row[3], row[4]) for row in rows]
    return users