Getting the 'username' environment variable from vbscript

[Mike Varley]

From within a web page we want to run something similar to:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("SYSTEM")
WScript.Echo WshSysEnv("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS")

This works ok. We however want to get at the environment variable
'USERNAME'. We have tried things like:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS")
WScript.Echo WshSysEnv("USERNAME")

and

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshSysEnv = WshShell.Environment("USER")
WScript.Echo WshSysEnv("USERNAME")

but we just get a blank for the username. Other environment variables work
OK.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Mike

[Mike McGuire]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but it will give you the
username of the person logged in:

Set WshNet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WScript.Echo WshNet.username

Mike

"Mike Varley" <mi...@nacstock.ac.uk> wrote in message
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[Lee Derbyshire]

How about Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_USER") if you're using
authentication.

Lee.

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"Mike Varley" <mi...@nacstock.ac.uk> wrote in message
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[Michael Harris (MVP)]

IIRC the USERNAME environment variable only exists on NT-based system (NT4/Win2K/WinXP)...

set net = createObject("wscript.network")
msgbox net.username

You're better off following Lee's advice - use authentication and get the info server side rather than using unsafe ActiveX components on the client...

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