Re: Get Clients Windows Logon ID


Amit Saxena wrote:

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

leolim818@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Can you please advice me how to get the Clients' windows logon user
name in perl?

$ENV{USERNAME}

Using environment variables to find username are risky !

Is there any API available for the same?

(Please bottom post your replies to this group. Thanks.)

use Win32;

my $user = Win32::LoginName;

Rob
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