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Thread: Get current logged on username - Microsoft Windows

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    Default Get current logged on username - Microsoft Windows

    Hi

    I need to get the username of the current active logged on user.

    I have tried

    System.getProperty("user.name");

    And that does work however this is where it becomes a little tricky.

    The java app will run as a service using the NetworkService service account and when using the above code it returns 'NetworkService'.

    What I want is to get the java code to return the current logged on user, not the user who is running the java app.

    Is there a way of achieving this?


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    Default Re: Get current logged on username - Microsoft Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by mds1256 View Post
    Hi

    I need to get the username of the current active logged on user.

    I have tried

    System.getProperty("user.name");

    And that does work however this is where it becomes a little tricky.

    The java app will run as a service using the NetworkService service account and when using the above code it returns 'NetworkService'.

    What I want is to get the java code to return the current logged on user, not the user who is running the java app.

    Is there a way of achieving this?
    What exactly do you need it for? Depending on what you're trying to do there may be other workarounds. For instance, %USERNAME% MIGHT work if you're trying to find a file. Otherwise there are other things we can try.

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Get current logged on username - Microsoft Windows

    Hi

    Thanks for the reply, basically it is an app for reporting user application usage, e.g. what apps they open and when.

    Now when running this as a network service it just reports that the network service is the user and not the current logged on user.

    Thanks

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