username cgi

[Mike Meyer]

Ben Hutchings <do-not-spam-ben.hutchings at businesswebsoftware.com> writes:

> In article <b54oha$1avjo$1 at baligan2.unicaen.fr>, Anthony Paul wrote:
> > I am writing a forum on intranet using python. I don't want my users 
> > have to enter their username when they will add a message, so I need to 
> > read the %username% environment variable of the workstations (they're 
> > running win2k).
> > Is it possible ?
> > I found a solution about REMOTE_USER but it needs web 
> > authentification...
> It's possible, as long as the server is IIS and the browser is IE.
> Just configure IIS to use Integrated Windows Authentication, and the
> username should show up in REMOTE_USER.  If you're using standard web
> software then I think you're out of luck.

There's also REMOTE_IDENT. You need the other end to be running an
authd - see RFC 1413 - server for that to work.

        <mike
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