How can I use python to read windows eventlog from a remote machine?

I'm working on retrieving the Windows eventlog from a remote machine using Python.

I tried the following code:

import win32evtlog 

server = 'aRemoteMachineHostName' 
logtype = 'System' 
hand = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(server,logtype)
total = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(hand)

and I get an access denied error.

Then I tried use win32security.Logon to do the authentication before I access the ev开发者_开发百科entlog. But I find in the win32security.Logon document, it says the API only supports local logon.

So, I'm a little bit stuck here. I wonder whether Python can do a remote Windows logon? Any tips or hints will be helpful.

Thanks.

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might be easier to use snmp

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As long as the user who is executing the script has the credentials to connect and read the event log, this ActiveState Recipe works for me. I've used it in a few different situations.

ActiveState WinEvtLogViewer