Re: windows user_name

* Thus wrote Burhan Khalid (phplist@meidomus.com): > Becoming Digital wrote: > >I don't believe so. It would depend entirely on the browser settings, > >too, so even if it's possible, I certainly wouldn't build an app around > >that idea. > > > > Actually, it is possible, but only under some very restrictive settings. > > For example, php has to be running as a ISAPI module under IIS, and the > security settings should be NTLM, and the user is logged on to the same > domain as the IIS server, then $_SERVER['AUTH_USER'] should be the > logged in user name. > > However, to design an app around that isn't the best way to do it. Well put! Curt -- "My PHP key is worn out" PHP List stats since 1997: http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/mlists/