Finding User login ID

[Prab_kar@hotmail.com]

Hello all,
I'm new to Javascript.

I'm trying to make some changes to the Javascript portion of our
corporate intranet site and I'm trying to find if theres a way to find
the User's login id from a Javascript function?

If not, is there a way to run a 'echo %USERNAME%' from DOS command
window and obtain the output. I realize there's an inherent security
risk if Javascript were to allow that.

Am I barking on a completely wrong tree, is NTLM authentication what I
should be looking at?

Basically, I need to get the user id without the user having to supply
it on the page manually. Can this be automated?
Thanks for your time,
Prabh

[Steve van Dongen]

Re: Finding User login ID

Prab_kar@hotmai l.com wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hello all,
>I'm new to Javascript.
>
>I'm trying to make some changes to the Javascript portion of our
>corporate intranet site and I'm trying to find if theres a way to find
>the User's login id from a Javascript function?
>
>If not, is there a way to run a 'echo %USERNAME%' from DOS command
>window and obtain the output. I realize there's an inherent security
>risk if Javascript were to allow that.
>
>Am I barking on a completely wrong tree, is NTLM authentication what I
>should be looking at?
>
>Basically, I need to get the user id without the user having to supply
>it on the page manually. Can this be automated?
>Thanks for your time,
>Prabh[/color]

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Regards,
Steve

[Prab_kar@hotmail.com]

Re: Finding User login ID

Thanks a lot for your reply, Steve.
Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to use ASP and my browser falls
into the high security category.
Any idea if the NTLM authentication is a good fit?
Thanks for your time,
Prabh