Getting system user info from java app

Laura P

Hi,

In my application I need to ensure that only people who are logged
into an account with admin rights can perform certain tasks. I have
got as far as using System.getProperty("user.name") to find out who is
logged in, but cannot find a way to determine what privileges they
have.

I realise there may not be a generic way of discovering this.
Although it would be nice to have this functionality for all
platforms, my current project requires it only for Windows 2000.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to discover this information?

Regards,
Laura

Jul 17 '05 #1

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Hi,

In my application I need to ensure that only people who are logged
into an account with admin rights can perform certain tasks. I have
got as far as using System.getProperty("user.name") to find out who is
logged in, but cannot find a way to determine what privileges they
have.

I realise there may not be a generic way of discovering this.
Although it would be nice to have this functionality for all
platforms, my current project requires it only for Windows 2000.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to discover this information?

Regards,
Laura

It is my impression that you cannot do anything that you are
not authorized to do, so why not just make whatever it is
you want to do be privileged. Then you don't care who it is.

Jul 17 '05 #2

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