Re: NEWB: get username that is currently logged in to Windows workstation.

Eh... POST didn't work. Here's my code to try and get this to work, but I'm sure it's way off. My first issue is that the form is not auto-submitting unto itself. <?PHP if (isset($_POST['username'])) { $username = $_POST['username']; echo "returned<br>"; echo $username; } else { echo "go"; echo " <html> <head> <title>testing username script</title> <script language=javascript><!-- var WshNetwork = new ActiveXObject(\"WScript.Network\"); document.postvars.username.value = WshNetwork.UserName; document.postvars.submit(); //--></script> </head> <body> <form name='postvars' method='POST' action='test.php' onsubmit='submitform()'> <input type='hidden' name='username' value=''> </form> </body> </html>"; } ?> On 3/1/06, Aaron Kenney <awkenney@gmail.com> wrote: > I was going to POST instead of GET or use a cookie so that the user > wouldn't try to get smart and modify the value of the user name. Then > I would just use "document.goPostBack.submit();" in a function as my > action to submit the page automatically, provided that the value of > $username hasn't been set by PHP. I let you know what happens. > -Aaron (Kenney)... so many Aarons. > > On 3/1/06, Wagner, Aaron <aaron.wagner@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Aaron Kenney [mailto:awkenney@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 13:12 > > > To: Wagner, Aaron > > > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] NEWB: get username that is currently > > > logged in to Windows workstation. > > > > > > I'm realizing something at this point that I never considered before. > > > In the last two lines of the script, you are naming a form element > > > "lookupNBID" so that you can use this form element to pass the > > > username to PHP via submit. This "solves" the client side VS server > > > side script problem, although in a very dirty way. Does the > > > "document.forms[0].submit()" line autosubmit the form, or is there > > > something else I have to do to automatically submit? > > > -Aaron > > > > > > On 3/1/06, Aaron Kenney <awkenney@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The Javascript idea would work, but I don't understand what > > > is really > > > > going on in the script. > > > > > > > > var WshNetwork = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Network"); > > > > > > > > I guess this declares a variable, but I know nothing of > > > ActiveX, since > > > > it's about to be deprecated anyway, I never bothered to > > > learn it. I am > > > > going to assume that WScript.Network is a "superglobal" > > > ActiveX array. > > > > > > > > //document.write(WshNetwork.UserName); > > > > //document.writeln(WshNetwork.UserDomain) > > > > > > > > If these were uncommented, I am assuming they would display the > > > > "UserName" and "UserDomain." I guess there should be a > > > > semicolon at > > > > the end of the second line. :-P At this point though, I > > > wouldn't want > > > > to display this info, just assign it to a variable or > > > cookie so i can > > > > get at it with PHP. I suppose in this case I can always echo the JS > > > > within PHP to get it to assign to a PHP variable. Maybe? > > > > > > > > document.forms[0].lookupNBID.value = WshNetwork.UserName > > > > document.forms[0].submit() > > > > > > > > Here is where I am confused. Generally speaking, at this > > > point, I just > > > > want to get the username assigned to a PHP variable. But > > > what happens > > > > here? I guess you are naming a form element and then > > > comparing that to > > > > the current username upon submit, but what good is that if > > > you do not > > > > also authenticate the password? > > > > > > > > I guess I'm missing the second part of my question which is > > > to get the > > > > username assigned to a PHP variable. How do I do this? > > > > -Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/1/06, Wagner, Aaron <aaron.wagner@bankofamerica.com> wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Aaron Kenney [mailto:awkenney@gmail.com] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 16:10 > > > > > > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > > > > > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] NEWB: get username that is currently > > > > > > logged in to Windows workstation. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am sorry but I am somewhat new to interfacing Windows > > > through PHP. > > > > > > What I am trying to do is to get the username (or > > > otherwise unique > > > > > > identifier) of the user that is currently logged into the local > > > > > > Windows workstation, and then assign the username to a > > > variable. Can > > > > > > it be done? > > > > > > Originally what I considered doing was, in ASP, obtain > > > the username > > > > > > and write it to a cookie. Then use PHP to parse the > > > cookie to get the > > > > > > username. > > > > > > -Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm working on the same kind of issue. The problem I'm > > > having is that > > > > > PHP is a server-side script and can only see what is > > > passed back to it > > > > > in the browser. You can try to run a phpinfo and see > > > what is passed > > > > > back to PHP. > > > > > > > > > > I've actually had to go to a client-side script to see the user > > > > > information and pass that back to the server. ActiveX > > > and VBScript(I > > > > > know, I hate it too) are the only processes I found that > > > can get out of > > > > > the 'sandbox' and read local user info. > > > > > > > > > > *****this queries active directory and gets your full name****** > > > > > <script language="VBScript"> > > > > > Set sysinfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo") > > > > > Set oUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & sysinfo.UserName > > > > > & "") > > > > > Document.writeln("Name:&nbsp;<b>" & > > > > > oUser.FirstName & " " & > > > > > oUser.LastName & "</b><br>") > > > > > //Document.writeln(sysinfo.UserName) > > > > > </script> > > > > > > > > > > ************this gets username and domain************** > > > > > <script language=javascript> > > > > > var WshNetwork = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Network"); > > > > > //document.write(WshNetwork.UserName); > > > > > //document.writeln(WshNetwork.UserDomain) > > > > > document.forms[0].lookupNBID.value = WshNetwork.UserName > > > > > document.forms[0].submit() > > > > > </script> > > > > > > > > > > Thanx > > > > > Aaron N Wagner > > > > > Monitoring Systems and Network Tools > > > > > CCO-Command Center Operations > > > > > 804.515.6298 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yea, I have a hidden frame that I autosubmit with the submit() line > > > > ************************ > > <IFRAME name='userProcess' src='about:blank' width=0 > > height=0></IFRAME> > > <form action='UserGroupDBProc.php' method=POST > > target='userProcess'> > > <input type=hidden name=lookupNBID value=''> > > <input type=hidden name=lookupNBIDgroup value=1> > > </form> > > > > <script language=javascript> > > var WshNetwork = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Network"); > > //document.write(WshNetwork.UserName); > > //document.writeln(WshNetwork.UserDomain) > > document.forms[0].lookupNBID.value = WshNetwork.UserName > > document.forms[0].submit() > > </script> > > > > *********************** > > > > > > Thanx > > Aaron N Wagner > > Monitoring Systems and Network Tools > > CCO-Command Center Operations > > 804.515.6298 > > >