Re: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script

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Re^2: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script by saa (Initiate) on Feb 06, 2013 at 23:31 UTC
Is Basic Apache authentication able to automatically get the person's Windows username without prompting them?	[reply]
Re^3: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script by Plankton (Vicar) on Feb 07, 2013 at 00:23 UTC
Its like any other authentication scheme, the user supplies the username and a password. Or does Apache2::AuthenNTLM somehow read the mind of the person on the other end of the network and determine their window's username? Not even windows can get a person username until they type it in to the login screen. Maybe what you are looking for is a single sign on solution. If so why didn't ask about that? I have used products from Quest http://www.quest.com/identity-management/ that handle Apache authentication with Window credentials but its not free or opensource.	[reply]
Re^4: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script by saa (Initiate) on Feb 07, 2013 at 00:55 UTC
Because the users are on intranet and it's a Microsoft IT environment, their browser automatically identifies who they are (I believe using NTLM authentication). Using ASP, the variable is HttpContext.Current.User The original post that I linked to also describes this scenario (where the intranet user never has to supply their username/password to the site, but the site can still obtain it).	[reply]
Re^5: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script by Anonymous Monk on Feb 07, 2013 at 08:24 UTC
Re^6: Obtaining Windows username from an intranet ActiveState Perl script by saa (Initiate) on Feb 07, 2013 at 19:24 UTC
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