Remote_User

[FengShui1998]

Hi,

I'd like to determine who is submitting a request from an ASP page by their NT ID which I can get from
.servervariables("Remote_User&quot. However, I have to turn on NT authentication and have people login which I don't want to do.

Allow anonymous_user gives them access to the web site, but then "Remote_User" returns blank. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

fengshui_1998

 

[ToddWW]

Try AUTH_USER and LOGON_USER. I hear they're unpredictable, but they are valid properties of the Request.ServerVariables collection.

ToddWW

 

[FengShui1998]

ToddWW,

Been there, done that, same old story. Thanks. It's not looking good.

fengshui_1998

 

[ToddWW]

If you do figure it out or you use the Request.ServerVariables method anywhere in your application, keep this in mind.

With the Request.ServerVariables method, the server does not automatically parse just the item you request. It initializes ALL of the items in the collection when the first request on the page is made. This can be slow and taxing on the server. Subsequent requests on the same page are just as fast as any other ASP collection but the first request is fairly expensive. Therefore, try to stay away from using this method on every page or multiple pages. It's much more efficient to use this once, say at the login page, and store the value(s) to a Session variable when possible.

ToddWW

 

[FengShui1998]

Thanks ToddWW,

That's what I been doing but can't seem to get it to return a string unless NT Authentication is checked.


Cheers! or in this case

fengshui_1998