finding NT username

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Re: finding NT username by lolindrath (Scribe) on Aug 25, 2000 at 16:50 UTC
I'd use the Win32 Module that comes with ActivePerl `$LoginName = Win32::LoginName` [download] And just in case you need to check if the user is on NT `if ( Win32::IsWinNT ) { #Do Stuff }` [download] --=Lolindrath=--	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: finding NT username by mikkoh (Beadle) on Aug 25, 2000 at 14:12 UTC
I'm not sure how this works in NT, but if you use CGI.pm, you can get the username via `$cgi_object->remote_user()` HTH //mikkoH	[reply] [d/l]
Buzzcutbuddha (One way)-RE: finding NT usernames by buzzcutbuddha (Chaplain) on Aug 25, 2000 at 16:36 UTC
Well two things: In IIS, you need to require user authentication, otherwise, the machines will not send the authentication information, and then, if you have the Perl IIS mappings you can use the variable `$Request->ServerVariables("REMOTE_USER")->Item` which returns the authenticated user. That works in the actually ASP pages only. Running as a script, you may want to look into Win32::Eventlog and then send all page access to the EventLog running on your server.	[reply] [d/l]
RE: finding NT username (CGI environment var) by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 25, 2000 at 14:14 UTC
The CGI environment variable REMOTE_USER is the closest I know of. It won't directly provide the NT username, but if your intranet authentication is provided by your domain controller(s), it should be right unless users have multiple IDs. Something like this should work: `use CGI; print $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'};` [download] cheers, ybiC	[reply] [d/l]