Re: ID of current process (Windows)

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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]

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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.

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