How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows 2003?

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Subject Author Date How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows 2003? Will 06-10-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Jeff Cochran 06-11-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Roger Abell 06-13-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Will 06-13-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Roger Abell 06-14-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Will 06-14-2005  Re: How To Get Username and Domain Name in Windows... Roger Abell 06-15-2005

Posted by Will on June 10, 2005, 5:03 pm Please log in for more thread options Under Windows 2000, a batch file or VB program can use environment variables UserName and UserDomain to get informal credentials of the current logged on user. Under Windows 2003, these environment variables do not appear to exist. What is the approved method for obtaining this information under Windows 2003? -- Will Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com Posted by Jeff Cochran on June 11, 2005, 2:07 pm Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:03:13 -0700, "Will" show/hide quoted text >Under Windows 2000, a batch file or VB program can use environment variables >UserName and UserDomain to get informal credentials of the current logged on >user. Under Windows 2003, these environment variables do not appear to >exist. What is the approved method for obtaining this information under >Windows 2003? How would you like to? :) A common method is to use the WSH Network Object: http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/wsh/quickref/wshnetwork.html Jeff Posted by Roger Abell on June 13, 2005, 12:34 am Please log in for more thread options ??? ! ? Those env vars exist for me !! -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) show/hide quoted text > Under Windows 2000, a batch file or VB program can use environment variables show/hide quoted text > UserName and UserDomain to get informal credentials of the current logged on show/hide quoted text > user. Under Windows 2003, these environment variables do not appear to > exist. What is the approved method for obtaining this information under > Windows 2003? > -- > Will > Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com Posted by Will on June 13, 2005, 4:14 pm Please log in for more thread options Interesting, I wonder what happened to turn mine off under just Windows 2003. -- Will Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com show/hide quoted text > ??? ! ? > Those env vars exist for me !! > -- > Roger Abell > Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) Posted by Roger Abell on June 14, 2005, 8:22 am Please log in for more thread options Yes, indeed. I am unsure how you are attempting access to the env vars, but are you sure you are accessing the system vars instead of only the user env vars? If you open a cmd prompt and enter "set" do they not show as set with expected values ? -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) show/hide quoted text > Interesting, I wonder what happened to turn mine off under just Windows > 2003. > -- > Will > Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com > > ??? ! ? > > Those env vars exist for me !! > > -- > > Roger Abell > > Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) Similar Threads Posted how i can let one Username logon to domain? April 21, 2006, 5:08 pm Windows 2003 - Child domain cannot request certificate from root domain January 11, 2008, 11:41 am Windows 2000 Domain, Windows 2003 Enterprise CA July 15, 2005, 2:07 pm Windows 2008 CA in a Windows 2003 domain July 31, 2009, 8:06 am Windows 2003 Domain Security July 14, 2005, 11:06 am Windows 2003 domain password policy September 26, 2006, 9:53 pm Demote first DC in a Windows 2003 domain. What happens to the certs? March 3, 2008, 10:43 pm Is it possible to remove an Enterprise CA from a Windows 2003 R2 domain? July 20, 2008, 1:08 am Windows 2003 Domain Controller (Open Port 593) December 18, 2006, 4:48 pm How does domain isolation with Windows 2003 IPsec happen? October 29, 2008, 1:06 am