Re: Getting Logged in Windows user name

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:34:54 -0800

Maybe have the server create a cookie with the server's logged in name that
the application then can read?

Just a thought,

Richard Rosenheim

"Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <joseph.e.kaplan@removethis.accenture.com> wrote
in message news:OHgW7LwCFHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Ah, I think I see. On the server side, it depends on what code you have
> executing there. In ASP.NET if you are using Windows/IIS authentication,
> you can check the Context.User.Name property to see who logged on. In
ASP,
> you generally check the server variables. However, I don't see how you
> could use either of those on the exe file as it is probably being served
by
> IIS directly without going through ASP or ASP.NET.
>
> IS will log the logged on user's name its log for each request. That
might
> be what you want.
>
> You could also possibly map a wild card map to ASP.NET and capture the
> user's name in an HttpModule on the server before sending down the
request.
> People do this stuff all the time so they can protect non-ASP.NET
resources
> using ASP.NET authorization.
>
> Do you need to somehow pass the user name the user logged on with remotely
> to the local application? I'm not sure how you'd do that without having
it
> some sort of a web service call back to the server or something.
>
> Once your application starts to execute on the local machine though, the
> process is local.
>
> I guess I am a little confused about what you are up to, but hopefully
this
> helped.
>
> Joe K.
>
> "Joe" <J_no_spam@_no_spam_Fishinbrain.com> wrote in message
> news:%23W9z87vCFHA.328@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >I guess I'm just not making myself clear.
> >
> > I know how to use WindowsIdentity.GetName().Name. This returns to me the
> > currently logged on user of the local machine where the application is
> > running. This is not what I need.
> >
> > I need to know the login the user used on the machine which is hosting
the
> > application. Remember, the application is being sent to the user via
> > no-touch deployment.
> >
> > Here's an example of the what happens:
> >
> > The user clicks a link http://mywebsite/myappfolder/myapp.exe
> >
> > the myappfolder is protected by windows security in IIS and therefore
> > prompts the user to login. Their login name is not part of a domain and
> > will
> > be different from the user name of the machine they are physically
working
> > on.
> >
> > Once the user has logged in the app is deployed (download to their temp)
> > to
> > their machine and run.
> >
> > Maybe what I'm looking for isn't possible.
> >
> > "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <joseph.e.kaplan@removethis.accenture.com>
wrote
> > in message news:OG#$EovCFHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name will return
> > the
> >> name of the user that the current thread is executing as. For a
Windows
> >> Forms app, that will be the user that launched the process unless your
> >> app
> >> is doing some funny impersonation code.
> >>
> >> So I think that is what you want if I understand what you are saying.
> >>
> >> Joe K.
> >>
> >> "Joe" <J_no_spam@_no_spam_Fishinbrain.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ugMqSLvCFHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > Thanks but that's not really what I need. I'll try and clarify.
> >> >
> >> > The user is not a domain user and has to log onto the machine when
they
> >> > attempt to run the program. I have IIS configured without Anonymous
> > login.
> >> >
> >> > When the application runs, I would like to know the name the user
used
> >> > when
> >> > they logged in to run the application. The application needs there
name
> > to
> >> > request additional information about the user from the host machine.
> >> >
> >> > "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage@swspectrum.com> wrote in
> > message
> >> > news:1gj701t0ch5sk97b54f6b6oro7ls7ufunh@4ax.com...
> >> >> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:17:20 -0500, "Joe"
> >> > <J_no_spam@_no_spam_Fishinbrain.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> ¤ I have an application being deployed using no-touch deployment.
The
> >> > folder
> >> >> ¤ where the app is requires the user to login using there windows
> > user/pw
> >> > in
> >> >> ¤ order to launch the application.
> >> >> ¤
> >> >> ¤ Is there anyway of getting that users name?
> >> >> ¤
> >> >>
> >> >> See if the following works for you:
> >> >>
> >> >> Dim DomainUser As String =
> >> >>
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Name.Replace("\",
> >> > "/")
> >> >> Dim ADEntry As New
> >> > System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" & DomainUser)
> >> >>
> >> >> Dim FullName As String =
ADEntry.Properties("FullName").Value
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Paul ~~~ pclement@ameritech.net
> >> >> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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