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Posted by Alan Searle on 06/03/05 18:48
Rodney Pont wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:57:02 -0400, Alan Searle wrote:
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>>I wouldn't need the password. Only the "user" from the computer login.
>> But, from what you say, this sounds like it isn't possible from the
>>browser.
>>
>>But I'll certainly 'fish around' a bit in JavaScript to see if there is
>>anything there.
>>
>>Thanks for the confirmation that this is it not easily done in PHP.
>>That will save me a lot of fruitless searching.
>>
>>Anyway, if any ideas occur to you, then do contact me. My e-mail is the
>>e-mail given but with the xxxx removed.
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> What about using cookies? The user logs in once and you save the info
> as a cookie so that it's passed to php when a page is opened.
>
> The issue you may have is if more than one person uses the PC and each
> have their own login. I don't know if cookies are stored as personal
> data or available to all.
Yes, using cookies will be the path that I will take. But I was hoping
that, if I could pick up the UserName from the PC (or Linux
workstation), then I wouldn't even need to demand a login to my system.
I could simply 'piggy-back' on the PC login and save myself and the
users a lot of effort.
But to do this I need to be able to read the "user" details from the
browser (either with PHP or some other way).
If you have any ideas, then I'd be very interested :-)
Regards,
Alan Searle.
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