Re: UserId - how to find out

Randy Webb wrote:
Helmut Jarausch said the following on 12/27/2007 9:56 AM:
Randy Webb wrote:
My Pet Programmer said the following on 12/27/2007 7:27 AM:
Helmut Jarausch said:
Sorry, but I'm a complete newbee!

I need find out under which userid the browser is running.
Is this possible with JavaScript?

Many thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
If you mean the system user id, as in their Windows logon, can't be done with JavaScript.


var userID = prompt('What is your user ID?');

You're joking, aren't you?

Not near as much as you want me to be.

Then I need to ask for a password, as well.

Why? You didn't want a password, you wanted the user ID.

And for that I need an ssl connection and I have to keep track of user/password combinations. Not the solution I was after.

What is the user ID going to do for you? And, the username and password to my desktop won't do anybody any good unless you have access to my computer. And, that is provided that I even have a username and/or password.

I need authorization for access to something like a database in a strictly
local network. If I could get access to the user's login password (we are
using Linux exclusively), I can be sure that the user's id has been checked
by the system when that user has logged into the system. So, I don't need
to keep track of an additional (user,password) file, secure connection,
means to change a password, initial passwords, lost passwords and so on.

Many thanks for your help,
Helmut.



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Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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