...Request.ServerVariables("WHAT THE HECK")

[OhioSteve]

I am working on asp.net applications that live on an intranet. I frequently use this line to get the user's name:

Dim x As String = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_USER")


Now I need to get the user's workstation's name. What is the name for that server variable?

 

[jshurst]

Try this...

Environment.MachineName

Environment can be used to get the username, domain name, etc.

 

[ca8msm]

If you add Trace="True" to your page, you'll be able to see a table for information that is available to you.


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[OhioSteve]

jshurst, your suggestion led me to look at "environment..." That is pretty cool. Lot's of good stuff there.

Unfortunately, I need the user's workstation's name.
environment.machinename tells me the web server's name.

 

[mmaz]

this is what I use:

Public Function GetMachineName() As String
Dim host As System.Net.IPHostEntry
host = System.Net.Dns.GetHostByAddress(Context.Request.ServerVariables.Item("REMOTE_HOST"))
Return host.HostName

End Function

HTH!

 

[jshurst]

Sorry about that I hadn't actually test that as I haven't had a need for it, I do use environment.username and environment.userdomainname quite a bit. mmaz's example seems to work though.