Retrieving Environment Variables

[Matt]

Is there a way to retrieve the Windows Environment Variables (Such as
User ID) with Javascript in IE?

[Evertjan.]

Matt wrote on 03 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Is there a way to retrieve the Windows Environment Variables (Such as
User ID) with Javascript in IE?

That would be a security risk, so: No, not in a default setting.

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[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <Xn************ ********@194.10 9.133.242>, dated Tue, 3
Jan 2006 20:46:48 local, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, Evertjan.
<ex************ **@interxnl.net > posted :

Matt wrote on 03 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Is there a way to retrieve the Windows Environment Variables (Such as
User ID) with Javascript in IE?

That would be a security risk, so: No, not in a default setting.

It's not necessarily a security risk if the IE is displaying a local
page rather than one obtained from outside (the latter is our default
assumption here).

Javascript running under WSH can read environment variables - see in
<URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/batfiles.htm#WS H> - and AIUI the
script engine is shared with IE. So it's conceivable that the OP's
question might be answerable in the affirmative - but I don't know how
to do it.

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[Evertjan.]

Dr John Stockton wrote on 04 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Javascript running under WSH can read environment variables - see in
<URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/batfiles.htm#WS H> - and AIUI the
script engine is shared with IE. So it's conceivable that the OP's
question might be answerable in the affirmative - but I don't know how
to do it.

The below is VBS but can be easily translated to wscript-JS:

======== showEnvVar.vbs ===========

set WshShell = CreateObject("W Script.Shell")

set oEnv=WshShell.E nvironment("Sys tem")
for each sitem in oEnv
strval=strval & sItem &vbcrlf
next
wscript.echo "System Environment:"&v bcrlf&vbcrlf&st rval
strval=""

'//Process Type
set oEnv=WshShell.E nvironment("Pro cess")
for each sitem in oEnv
strval=strval & sItem &vbcrlf
next
wscript.echo "Process Environment:"&v bcrlf&vbcrlf&st rval
strval=""

'//User Type
set oEnv=WshShell.E nvironment("Use r")
for each sitem in oEnv
strval=strval & sItem &vbcrlf
next
wscript.echo "User Environment:"&v bcrlf&vbcrlf&st rval
strval=""

'//Volatile Type
set oEnv=WshShell.E nvironment("Vol atile")
for each sitem in oEnv
strval=strval & sItem &vbcrlf
next

wscript.echo "Volatile Environment:"&v bcrlf&vbcrlf&st rval
strval=""

=============== =============== =====

Source: <http://hacks.oreilly.c om/pub/h/1107>

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[Randy Webb]

Dr John Stockton said the following on 1/4/2006 12:25 PM:

JRS: In article <Xn************ ********@194.10 9.133.242>, dated Tue, 3
Jan 2006 20:46:48 local, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, Evertjan.
<ex************ **@interxnl.net > posted :

Matt wrote on 03 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Is there a way to retrieve the Windows Environment Variables (Such as
User ID) with Javascript in IE?

That would be a security risk, so: No, not in a default setting.

It's not necessarily a security risk if the IE is displaying a local
page rather than one obtained from outside (the latter is our default
assumption here).

Javascript running under WSH

Except that Javascript doesn't "run under WSH". JScript does though.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at the neighbors.

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[Evertjan.]

Randy Webb wrote on 04 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Dr John Stockton said the following on 1/4/2006 12:25 PM:

JRS: In article <Xn************ ********@194.10 9.133.242>, dated Tue, 3
Jan 2006 20:46:48 local, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, Evertjan.
<ex************ **@interxnl.net > posted :

Matt wrote on 03 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:
Is there a way to retrieve the Windows Environment Variables (Such as
User ID) with Javascript in IE?
That would be a security risk, so: No, not in a default setting.

It's not necessarily a security risk if the IE is displaying a local
page rather than one obtained from outside (the latter is our default
assumption here).

Javascript running under WSH

Except that Javascript doesn't "run under WSH". JScript does though.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at the neighbors.

Why not? It would be fun.

Let's meet at Christal Palace, John!

[Or did you hit it in 1854?]

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[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <Xn************ ********@194.10 9.133.242>, dated Wed, 4
Jan 2006 18:41:19 local, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, Evertjan.
<ex************ **@interxnl.net > posted :

Dr John Stockton wrote on 04 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Javascript running under WSH can read environment variables - see in
<URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/batfiles.htm#WS H> - and AIUI the
script engine is shared with IE. So it's conceivable that the OP's
question might be answerable in the affirmative - but I don't know how
to do it.

The below is VBS but can be easily translated to wscript-JS:

======== showEnvVar.vbs ===========

I have, at the cited reference, javascript that executed by cscript
(console version of wscript); it does not look equivalent, but simpler.

However, the question of whether such code can be executed successfully
from a local file by javascript in IE remains open.

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