Logging Java Program

[sboothman]

I am quite new to Java; I have done some tutorials and have played around with sockets, sending information between a client and server. I want to build a program in Java either an applet or application which can detect when a user has logged onto a Linux or a Windows machine and record how long they have been logged on for. I then want to display this information on a webpage.
Does this sound like something that can be achieved in Java, and if so where can I start with a program like this, just trying to get my head round how I would do this.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

Sam

[major]

Hi, my personal opinion, you could use a database on a host such as Mysql. If you want your java desktop program to connect to a Mysql database, you will need to download the connector/j from the mysql web site. I have tried connecting to mysql on a hosting account and never got it to work, I can connect to mysql running on localhost with no problem. Hope this link will help.

http://www.cy2online.net/ViewTutoria...anguageID=Java

[sboothman]

Thanks I will have a run through the tutorial, see if it helps me out.