Getting windows username?

[wlogeshwaran]

Hi ,

I am coding for an intranet site in which I have to get Username of the windows machine. How to get that in Javascript ? Is that possible to get the username in PHP ?If yes, tell me how??

 

Thanks in advance.

[Adam]

Not possible with JavaScript, PHP or any other web-technology. It would be a security risk for websites to be able to retrieve the user's personal information such as that.

[Adam]

There is a way to retrieve the Window's username using VBScript, but that doesn't work when accessed through the HTTP protocol or for any other browser than IE. You mentioned it's an Intranet site though, so I guess that's ruled out.

[trq]

You can retrieve a Windows username in PHP providing you are using HTTP authentication and your user has logged in accordingly. There username will turn up within $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'].

[Adam]

You can retrieve a Windows username in PHP providing you are using HTTP authentication and your user has logged in accordingly. There username will turn up within $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'].

 

How would you validate the details are correct?

[trq]

When they login? Most intranet applications Ive dealt with authenticate against LDAP.

[Adam]

Yeah.. You'd need an LDAP server installed and set-up with the required users' details replicated as LDAP entries, that you can then form a request to validate the login. Be aware this method would require you to maintain the LDAP server whenever someone changes their password or username. The point I was getting at was that there's no way of retrieving the actual, real-time Windows username; though thorpe you were more constructive in your answer.