How to best determine login type?

[wedgeman]

Not sure if this is the best neighborhood for the question, but it is tied to network/db security.

What method is used to best determine how a user is logged in? Is Get(MultiUserState) the best method for determination of who/how someone is accessing a locally shared (peer-shared) database?

For licensing purposes, we run several authorization scripts during login, and it is helpful to know how the access is working.

[Fitch]

Get(HostName) might be useful. What is the actual issue you're trying to solve?

Also:

Get ( ConnectionAttributes )

Get ( ConnectionState )

Get ( FilePath )

Get ( HostApplicationVersion )

Get ( UserCount )

[wedgeman]

I know in Server (server admin app) there was an easy way to look at users by types (I am currently only running FMPS's in versions 9~12, and 14, so am a bit ignorant of options on newer servers). 

Is there any function set to replicate this for users on a peer network?

 

We have a licensed product, and need to restrict access by user count (ie., no more than 1 count of shared FMP app, or 1 share and 1 FM Go app, etc), based on license level, etc.

Currently, we use Get ( MultiUserState )  to determine whether it's being peer-shared or on host system, and we use forked script paths to deal with devices based on that. but it doesn't fix the issue.

UserCount is nice, but gives only a total number of users, not any level of division by user type. 
I'd really like to get a set of results such as:

Total users :   11

   FM Go users: 2

   FMP users: 9

I didn't see any additional method for acquiring a total number of connections divided by type... I suppose a script could be managed whereby every device connected added its own 'id' by Get( Device) integer into a couple of fields, and then a calculation could be tallied from those various fields.   

Is there any better/more clean method for accomplishing that? I didn't want to go that route, as random disconnects (or network issues) could well result in count errors.
A "Get(UserDetails)" function would be kinda handy, to push back a total summary of current users delimited by types..

Edited December 21, 2017 by wedgeman
clarification