Re: How to get system user name from windows using perl

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my name and acronym and department e.t.c. how can I get that name directly from windows system.

Never heard of a windows system maintaining such information, but if you can retrieve it from the registry, you could use Win32::TieRegistry

Also, %ENV contains lots of information, like USERPROFILE...

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Re^2: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Sinistral (Prior) on Nov 10, 2011 at 14:01 UTC
Au contraire, Windows absolutely does maintain the current user information. Although there isn't a native command to get it, a a quick Googling came across these options: http://access.mvps.org/access/api/api0008.htm http://support.microsoft.com/kb/111544 http://www.spiration.co.uk/post/1367/Get-Windows-username-of-current-user---C%23 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2085744/how-to-get-current-username-in-windows-powershell For a native Perl solution, there is: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3526420/how-do-i-get-the-current-user-in-perl-in-a-portable-way/3531096#3531096. To keep information at PerlMonks, the answer cited refers to using Win32 which has a LoginName function (which doesn't return domain, if you're using Active Directory) or Win32::pwent.	[reply]
Re^3: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Anonymous Monk on Nov 10, 2011 at 16:08 UTC
Au contraire, Windows absolutely does maintain the current user information. Where is the department name? Acronym, e.t.c? Reading comprehension is fun :)	[reply]
Re^4: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Sinistral (Prior) on Nov 11, 2011 at 15:18 UTC
That information is available via Exchange, Active Directory, or other corporate directory structure. A standalone Windows workstation doesn't maintain such details. They can be retrieved easily, but unless the OP says what infrastructure exists in their organization we can't help	[reply]
Re^2: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Lotus1 (Hermit) on Nov 10, 2011 at 15:19 UTC
Type `SET` at the command prompt to get a list of available environment variables on a Windows system. `$ENV{USERNAME}` for example.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How to get system user name from windows using perl by Ralesk (Beadle) on Jan 27, 2012 at 15:52 UTC
Caveat: `%ENV` is always byte semantics, if you have an oldish Windows and a username outside of the ANSI locale, you get question marks. One should be using Win32’s `LoginName()` instead which always returns character-shaped characters.	[reply]


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