#!/usr/bin/perl -w #example samba-user checker use strict; my $user; my $pid; my $loginname; my $machine; my $dow; my $mon; my $day; my $time; my $year; my $string; my $uptime; # first filter out the relevant userinfo: open SMB, "smbstatus -b|grep :|"; while(){ ($pid,$loginname,$machine,$dow,$mon,$day,$time,$year) = split /\s+/, $_, 8; print "$loginname logged in on machine: $machine (login: $mon $day - $time)\n"; $user++; } close SMB; print "\ntotal users: $user\n";