ID of current process (Windows)

qadwjoh has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I need to verify the user ID my Perl script is running under - is this what is returned by Win32::LoginName()?

Also I have general Windows scripting question: my Perl script is being launched in a .bat file (by an automated system) - will it be run under the same ID as the .bat file is?

thanks,
Q

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Re: ID of current process (Windows) by meetraz (Hermit) on Jun 16, 2004 at 13:59 UTC
Yes, your perl script will run under the same user account as your batch file. To get the username, you can use $ENV{USERDOMAIN} and $ENV{USERNAME} or Win32::LoginName()	[reply]
Re: ID of current process (Windows) by data64 (Chaplain) on Jun 16, 2004 at 13:56 UTC
$ENV{'USERNAME'} gives me the username of the current user account on Win2K and WinXP. Not sure about Win9X.	[reply]
Re^2: ID of current process (Windows) by roju (Friar) on Jun 16, 2004 at 15:10 UTC
Incidently, this assumes that you can trust the current environment. I'm not sure about his application, but someone could just do a `set USERNAME=fake_name`, and foobar his code. Not to mention if he's using RunAs or somesuch, I have no idea how the Windows environment handles that. His use of Win32::LoginName() appears to have been correct. From the Win32 pod: `Win32::LoginName() Returns the username of the owner of the current perl process.` [download] Tested on Windows XP here, it does what it claims. So yeah, I'd say Win32::LoginName() is what he's looking for. Update:Converted pre tags to code tages.	[reply] [d/l] [select]