Python Programming On Win32

Querying Information About Servers

Server information is provided by the PySERVER_INFO_* structures, as defined in Appendix B. PySERVER_INFO_100 provides the lowest level of detail, so let’s see what this includes.

First import the necessary modules and read the data for the server. Then print the dictionary:

>>> import win32net, win32netcon
>>> data=win32net.NetServerGetInfo(None, 100)
>>> data
{'name': L'BOBCAT', 'platform_id': 500}

Notice the platform_id is 500. Windows defines only two platform IDs, one for Windows NT and one for OS/2:

>>> win32netcon.SV_PLATFORM_ID_NT
500
>>>

My workstation is indeed an NT machine: what a relief!

You can also obtain a list of the Windows servers on your network with the win32net.NetServerEnum() function.

entries, total, resume = win32net.NetServerEnum(server, level, serverTypes=
win32netcon.SV_TYPE_ALL, resume = 0, len=4096)

server

The name of the server to execute on or None for the current machine.

level

An integer specifying the level of information requested.

serverTypes

A bitmask of flags indicating the types of servers to list. Appendix B lists common values for this flag.

We don’t discuss the resume or len parameters, or the result. Check the previous example for win32net.NetUserEnum() to see how to use these enumerators.