On Jul 16, 12:54 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Jul 15, 11:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote: > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> On Jul 15, 12:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote: > > >>>> How is this Perl programming being run? It looks like it's a CGI program > >>>> or > >>>> being run from a scheduler, in which case the process doesn't belong to > >>>> any > >>>> individual user. > >>>> What are you trying to achieve by establishing the user name? > > >>> Maybe there is another way of doing this, the purpose I try to achieve > >>> is when windows users logon to their windows with user name and > >>> password, then they able to access my perl program. This mean that a > >>> list of authorized windows user name is store in database, so if the > >>> windows user name match with the user name in database, then my perl > >>> cgi program will auto login the user. > >>> Really hope you can help me on this. > > >> You need to explain how your program is run. If you execute this command > >> line > > >> perl -e "print $ENV{USERNAME}" > > >> then your username will be printed. What were you doing to get it to print > >> 'SYSTEM'? And how will your users run it? > > >> Rob- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > Hi Rob, > > Let me explain again, I'm hosting my perl CGI script at microsoft IIS > > server. So how can I tell what user (Windows user name) called my Perl > > CGI program? > > The short answer is that the system has run your Perl program, as shown by the > USERNAME environment variable. No one has logged in and run the program - it's > being run by IIS itself in response to an HTTP request from a remote client. > What you need to know is the identity of the remote user who made that > request. > > If you have authorization configured on your server the value you need is in > > $ENV{LOGIN_USER} > > or possibly > > $ENV{AUTH_USER} > > but if those values are empty then you cannot tell who is logged in at the > remote computer. > > Rob- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Hi Rob, Can you let me know how configure my IIS web server in order to get $ENV{LOGIN_USER} or $ENV{AUTH_USER} ? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/