Can system service identify current active user?

Frank Meng

Hi.
Can system service identify current active user with .net?
I need current active user's logon name from system service.
I tried WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name and it gave me "NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" even I did logon.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Frank

Nov 15 '05 #1

Champika Nirosh

System.Environment.UserName

Nirosh

"Frank Meng" <me*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi.
Can system service identify current active user with .net?
I need current active user's logon name from system service.
I tried WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name and it gave me "NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" even I did logon.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Frank

Nov 15 '05 #2

Peter Venter

This on a win-xp machine ?

Nov 15 '05 #3

Frank Meng

"System.Environment.UserName" returned the result as "SYSTEM".
Because I logged in as "frank", I wish I could get username "frank".
I am testing it on Win2K. But I think it should be the same on WinXP.
Frank
"Champika Nirosh" <no****@textcentric.lk> wrote in message news:<ec*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

System.Environment.UserName

Nirosh

"Frank Meng" <me*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1a**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi.
Can system service identify current active user with .net?
I need current active user's logon name from system service.
I tried WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name and it gave me "NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" even I did logon.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Frank

Nov 15 '05 #4

Champika Nirosh

I am also working in win2k professional edition and I get the user name
which I used to log

"Frank Meng" <me*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"System.Environment.UserName" returned the result as "SYSTEM".
Because I logged in as "frank", I wish I could get username "frank".
I am testing it on Win2K. But I think it should be the same on WinXP.
Frank
"Champika Nirosh" <no****@textcentric.lk> wrote in message

news:<ec*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...

System.Environment.UserName

Nirosh

"Frank Meng" <me*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1a**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hi.
Can system service identify current active user with .net?
I need current active user's logon name from system service.
I tried WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name and it gave me "NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" even I did logon.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Frank

Nov 15 '05 #5

Peter Venter

You can use WMI's Win32_LoggedOnUser, but this is only supported in
Win-XP and Windows 2003. Does this need to work on Win2K ?

Nov 15 '05 #6

Frank Meng

I am running my application as a system service with LocalSystem account.
Are you running your application with LocalSystem account?

"Champika Nirosh" <no****@textcentric.lk> wrote in message news:<#k**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...

I am also working in win2k professional edition and I get the user name
which I used to log

Nov 15 '05 #7