Retrieve current user in Windows

Sylvain Larin

I want to give the access right to my application based on who is
currently logued in Windows. How can I get the current username from
Windows?

TIA

Jul 21 '05 #1

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Sean Hederman

System.Environment.UserDomainName/UserName
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I want to give the access right to my application based on who is currently
logued in Windows. How can I get the current username from Windows?

TIA

Jul 21 '05 #2

Henk Verhoeven

Hi

AppDomain myDomain = Thread.GetDomain();

myDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.Window sPrincipal);

WindowsPrincipal mWinPrin mWinPrin =
(WindowsPrincipal)Thread.CurrentPrincipal ;

This also allows you to check if the user belongs to certain groups etc,

Henk

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I want to give the access right to my application based on who is currently
logued in Windows. How can I get the current username from Windows?

TIA

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