where to get and install "win32" module for perl 5.8.0 on linux?

[chauzer]

hi all, newbie to perl here..

we have perl 5.8.0 running on Linux here on our server. and i need to use the Win32::LoginName() function to retrieve the windows username thats running the perl process.. everyone's been telling me i need to get the "win32" module, but when i look on CPAN, i can't find any module thats called just "win32"... all of them have something after it like Win32::API, etc.. where can I download the win32 module so i can install it on our server? and how difficult is it to isntall it on Linux?

thanks!

 

[mseth]

Since it is "Win32" it logically wouldn't be designed to run in linux, and since the perl script (appears) to be hosted on the server, even if it did exist/run, it would always return the same value since CGI scripts are executed server side, not client side.

 

[PaulTEG]

$ENV{'REMOTE_USER'} should give you the user name that's logged into the client machine.
$ENV['REMOTE_IDENT'} might be another option

HTH
--Paul

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