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chris

I've tried using the Environment class, but the UserName property returns
ASPNET, the windows user that started the thread. I've tried other
combinations, such as using a WindowsIdentity to populate a WindowsPrincipal
object, but with the same end result. I would like to get the
%USERNAME% environment variable to transparently identify the current user
of an intranet app. I'd like to do this without authenticating the user, as
they would already have logged in to our intranet to use their computer.

TIA,

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

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Barry J. Akester

Try this...

lblLabel.Text =3D User.Identity.Name;

Barry

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From: chris [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:22 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

I've tried using the Environment class, but the UserName property
returns
ASPNET, the windows user that started the thread. I've tried other
combinations, such as using a WindowsIdentity to populate a
WindowsPrincipal
object, but with the same end result. I would like to get the
%USERNAME% environment variable to transparently identify the current
user
of an intranet app. I'd like to do this without authenticating the user,
as
they would already have logged in to our intranet to use their computer.

TIA,

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

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chris

Thanks. I researched it a little and found that it doesn't look like it will
work in the context I need it. I ran a trace on the page that I tested this
in, and the stateless nature of http is the killer of this idea. setting
lblLabel.Text = Environment.UserName; output ASPNET, which is the user that
kicked off the threat as far as the computer is concerned. I also tried
building a winform and accessing the same environment variable that way; in
the constructor of Form1:

string user = Environment.UserName;
lblLabel.Text = "Hey there, " + user + "!!";

The result was "Hey there, chris!". So it looks like if I want to use the
scheme I originally planned for, I'll have to use winforms. No thanks, I'll
stick with ASP.NET.

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry J. Akester [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:48 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] RE: How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

Try this...

lblLabel.Text = User.Identity.Name;

Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:22 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

I've tried using the Environment class, but the UserName property
returns
ASPNET, the windows user that started the thread. I've tried other
combinations, such as using a WindowsIdentity to populate a
WindowsPrincipal
object, but with the same end result. I would like to get the
%USERNAME% environment variable to transparently identify the current
user
of an intranet app. I'd like to do this without authenticating the user,
as
they would already have logged in to our intranet to use their computer.

TIA,

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

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Srinivasa Sivakumar

Chris,

I think you are trying to get the Windows OS login from ASP.NET.

What you can do it, enable the Windows authentication from the Web.config
file and look at the "AUTH_USER" server variable. May be this will help you.

----- Original Message -----
From: "chris" <Click here to reveal e-mail address>
To: "aspngfreeforall" <Click here to reveal e-mail address>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] RE: How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

> Thanks. I researched it a little and found that it doesn't look like it
will
> work in the context I need it. I ran a trace on the page that I tested
this
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Barry J. Akester

Have you tried turing on impersonation?

<authentication mode=3D"Windows" />=20
<identity impersonate=3D"true" />

Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:03 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] RE: How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

Thanks. I researched it a little and found that it doesn't look like it
will
work in the context I need it. I ran a trace on the page that I tested
this
in, and the stateless nature of http is the killer of this idea. setting
lblLabel.Text =3D Environment.UserName; output ASPNET, which is the user
that
kicked off the threat as far as the computer is concerned. I also tried
building a winform and accessing the same environment variable that way;
in
the constructor of Form1:

string user =3D Environment.UserName;
lblLabel.Text =3D "Hey there, " + user + "!!";

The result was "Hey there, chris!". So it looks like if I want to use
the
scheme I originally planned for, I'll have to use winforms. No thanks,
I'll
stick with ASP.NET.

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry J. Akester [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:48 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] RE: How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

Try this...

lblLabel.Text =3D User.Identity.Name;

Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:22 PM
To: aspngfreeforall
Subject: [aspngfreeforall] How do I get Windows Environment Variable
USERNAME from an Intranet App?

I've tried using the Environment class, but the UserName property
returns
ASPNET, the windows user that started the thread. I've tried other
combinations, such as using a WindowsIdentity to populate a
WindowsPrincipal
object, but with the same end result. I would like to get the
%USERNAME% environment variable to transparently identify the current
user
of an intranet app. I'd like to do this without authenticating the user,
as
they would already have logged in to our intranet to use their computer.

TIA,

-Chris Frazier
.NET Solution Developer
Velocity Databank, Inc.
www.velocitydatabank.com

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	System.Environment
	System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity
	System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal

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