Check current username from Windows?

**rade** · 02-27-2008 04:32 AM

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if this is somehow possible to do using JavaScript (or something else?):

When a user comes to my website, a (js)script checks what username (as in user account) the user is logged in with in Windows and stores the username in a variable.
The server used is Apache (if it matters...)

(This project is for a company's internal use only, it's not going to be online for everyone.)

I know this might be a stupid question, but please let me know. All I know is that a guy did this sort of script using ASP.

Thanks in advance!

**bathurst_guy** · 02-27-2008 05:10 AM

Not with JavaScript, but you can with vbscript.
Here is an example:

Code:

<script type="text/vbscript">
dim wsh
set wsh = createobject("WScript.Network")
login_name = wsh.UserName
document.write(login_name)
</script>

**TheRave** · 02-27-2008 05:21 AM

Untested:

Code:

var wshshell=new ActiveXObject("wscript.shell");
var username=wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%username%");

**Declan1991** · 02-27-2008 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by TheRave

Untested:

Code:

var wshshell=new ActiveXObject("wscript.shell");
var username=wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%username%");

Only works if you only have IE users. Same for the VBScript. All the company using IE?

**rade** · 02-27-2008 10:51 AM

Nope, I'd rather use something that works in FF

**Declan1991** · 02-27-2008 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by rade

Nope, I'd rather use something that works in FF

Not possible I think, but try the ActiveX solution. It just might work.

**rade** · 02-27-2008 11:54 PM

I tried both TheRave's and bathurst_guy's codes but neither worked on either FF or IE.

Please, if anyone has any ideas on how to get this working I would much appreciate it.

And thanks for your replies guys though I couldn't get them working.

**bathurst_guy** · 02-28-2008 03:51 AM

I tested mine before posting and it worked for me, but I received a security warning. Nothing like this will work in FF. Only insecure IE. What version of IE are you using. You might need to adjust your security settings to allow it to run.

**rade** · 02-28-2008 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by bathurst_guy

I tested mine before posting and it worked for me, but I received a security warning. Nothing like this will work in FF. Only insecure IE. What version of IE are you using. You might need to adjust your security settings to allow it to run.

I'm using IE7. Which settings do you think I should change?

This is what I tested, anything I misunderstood?:

HTML Code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/vbscript">
dim wsh
set wsh = createobject("WScript.Network")
login_name = wsh.UserName
document.write(login_name)
</script>

</body>
</html>

**Declan1991** · 02-28-2008 11:53 AM

Your security setting are too high. Even IE has finally realised that users don't want that much information about themselves totally accessible.

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