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XVeteran
XVeteran

Reputation: 1

Need to get Windows logged in user and machine info via a web form

I have this application I need to get the user name and machine name of the windows logged user. I hosted this on a server. When I am tested locally this works perfectly but when I hosted on the server the program returns the server name, not the local logged user username. The user is not required to login just launch the web app.

string Machine = Environment.MachineName string UserName = Environment.UserName;

TextBox_BCAPC_Name.Text = Machine; TextBox_User_Name.Text = UserName;

From my research I may need to add some code to my webconfig or update the Authentication settings for IIS.

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I am wanting to get the user name and local machine name. Without having the user login to the web form.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1231

Answers (1)

BashfulCoder
BashfulCoder

Reputation: 204

That is because you cannot get that information from the browser of another computer. All of your code is server-side. You would need something like a client-side script (say JavaScript) to give you that information. To do that, I would look at this post: How can I read the client's machine/computer name from the browser?

Also, it would be a major security flaw to expose the user's logged-in username. You just can't do it unless you force the user to download and install a local program that will then feed the information to you. This is really not a secure thing to do.

Upvotes: 1

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