Query the users workstation for username

[scott@M&I]

We have an Intranet application that will be available to all who authenticate
to the domain. How do we set up the application to query the user's workstation
for the Environmental Variables showing their username and that they have
authenticated to the network. By returning the username back to CF, we then can
create our Session Variables and User roles.

[philh]

Hi Scott,

Look at #CGI.Auth_User#. If it's populated, NT has authenticated the user.

HTH,

[philh]

Also, anonymous access has to be turned off for the directory in IIS.

[scott@M&I]

Phil - Thanks for the answer. After looking at the documentation, I believe
this is exactly what I need, however, I'm too new at much of this stuff and
cannot find how I can grab that username and use it within my application. I
tried just to display it on a page with cfoutput but isn't working. Just a
blank. Any ideas where I could see some samples on how others have used the
cgi.auth_user results? We would like the users to have a single sign on
evironment so when they open up this application, the session knows who they
are and can present them information based on their username. The authorized
username for all employees is their employee ID which we use in the application
to display only their data. Thanks again.. Scott

[philh]

Scott, if your environment is configured correctly, this variable should be
populated. Is the Web server in the same domain as the users'? Are you sure
that anonymous access is turned off (and Windows authentication is on) for this
resource in IIS?