How can I read a environment variable on loading a web page?

[Sina]

Hi everyone,

Here is the chanlenge.
On our Intranet, I have to read the netbios name to determine the what page to load for the workstation.

How can this be done?
i.e, I have to read the netbios name and based on that provide a custome page.

Can you suggest a way to do this?

Regards
Sina

 

[GIGN]

Whatever a netbios is, well you'll need to use a server side script which finds that out - then redirects depending what it finds.

If netbios is a client side thing, then find it out from the client machine - then redirect client side.

P.S. what is netbios? ;-)
b² - benbiddington@surf4nix.com

 

[Sina]

Thanks,
Ok netbios is the name of the workstation.

How would the web page read the workstation name befor showing the proper page.

i.e I can run the set command and find out what the workstation name is and then stor it in a text file. But how would the web page read this info?

Thanks

 

[GIGN]

So this is an intranet problem really isn't it? So you reckon write a text file every time the client logs on? Hmm I don't know about that - I think you need to find out where the information is stored on either the server, or the client machines. Then set up some identification process - or a variable that the server can query.

web page can read info using SSI:

<!--#include file=&quot;filename.txt&quot; -->

But I don't think this will help you right now.It depends on what you want it for I suppose, is it so the user can customise their home page or something?
b² - benbiddington@surf4nix.com

 

[QuietDean]

The Browser is TCPIP. Your network is NetBios, and it uses NetBios commands. I don't know if this can be done, but if it can, it will be an NT technology. NetBios is Microsoft.Try the ASP forum, or the NT one. Dean Owen