Anyone know how it is possible for windows to get the name of the user
logged in?

I know if you do :

Request.Servervariables ("AUTH_USER")

it displays the username of the person logged in, but is there a way
to get the "Full name" of that user in the active directory?

Ie, if they log in with the username jsmith, I from that I know there
full name is John Smith.

Any ideas?

TIA

Ryan R

Yes, you use ADSI.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=as...=Google+Search

However, the ASP page must execute in the context of a user who has the
authority to query active directory.

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"Ryan Ritten" <sparticusREMOVE@thesparticusarena.com> wrote in message
news:f4d27a4f.0406070939.7d13cc12@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Anyone know how it is possible for windows to get the name of the user
> logged in?
>
> I know if you do :
>
> Request.Servervariables ("AUTH_USER")
>
> it displays the username of the person logged in, but is there a way
> to get the "Full name" of that user in the active directory?
>
> Ie, if they log in with the username jsmith, I from that I know there
> full name is John Smith.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Ryan R[/color]

"Ryan Ritten" <sparticusREMOVE@thesparticusarena.com> wrote in message
news:f4d27a4f.0406070939.7d13cc12@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Anyone know how it is possible for windows to get the name of the user
> logged in?
>
> I know if you do :
>
> Request.Servervariables ("AUTH_USER")[/color]


write a VB6 (or use some other language) and wrap the Secur32.dll exported
API
GetUserNameEx(NameDisplay, .. )

and it will show you the current user (namedisplay is a win32 constant which
equals 3)
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enum Extended_Name_Format
NameDisplay = 3,
NameCanonical=7,
NameFullyQualifiedDN=1
etc...
end enum

Private Declare Function GetUserNameEx Lib "Secur32.DLL" Alias
"GetUserNameExW" (ByVal fmt As EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT, _
ByVal lpNameBuffer As Long, ByRef nSize As Long) As Long

Public Function GetUserName(byval fmt as Extened_name_Format) As String
Dim sBuf As String
Dim UsrLength As Long
Dim lResult As Long
UsrLength = 100
sBuf = Space$(100)
Dim lErr As Long
lResult = GetUserNameEx(fmt , sBuf, UsrLength)
If lResult = 0 Then
lErr = GetLastError
End If
GetUserName = Left(sBuf, UsrLength)
End Function

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