How to get userid from web server

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  • Phillip Wu
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    How to get userid from web server

    I have a javascript program that lives in the secure part of a web
    site.

    In order to get access to this java program the user needs to log in
    providing a userid and password. I understand that the userid/password
    is verified by the web server (Apache in my case). I also understand
    that any server side program written in php can get the userid from
    environment variables.

    I want to be able to find out the userid that the user logged in as,
    from my javascript program (client side).

    I know that it would be a breach of security to get the user's
    password. I cannot see any security concerns in getting the userid.

    How do I get this information - is there an object I can query?

    If I cannot get it I suppose the best thing to do was to get the
    server side php to put the information into a cookie that the
    javascript can read. Is this the best way?

    Thanks for any help.
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    • Marco Dieckhoff
      #2
      Re: How to get userid from web server

      In article <943cec75.03081 32201.3f8dcf22@ posting.google. com>, Phillip Wu wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I have a javascript program that lives in the secure part of a web
      > site.
      >
      > In order to get access to this java program the user needs to log in[/color]

      Please notice: javascript has NOTHING do to with java (programs).
      [color=blue]
      > providing a userid and password. I understand that the userid/password
      > is verified by the web server (Apache in my case). I also understand
      > that any server side program written in php can get the userid from
      > environment variables.
      >
      > I want to be able to find out the userid that the user logged in as,
      > from my javascript program (client side).[/color]

      If you can use .php, put in your <script>-Section something like
      <?php print '$username = ' . $ENV['REMOTE_USER']; ?>

      (May be syntactically wrong, especially $ENV... :)
      [color=blue]
      > If I cannot get it I suppose the best thing to do was to get the
      > server side php to put the information into a cookie that the
      > javascript can read. Is this the best way?[/color]

      Why using a cookie when you can insert it to your code directly?

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      Marco Dieckhoff
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