I don't know myself, but you could try setting the environment variable, then getting the machine to open a page on the server which prints out all the variables, like phpinfo().
"Carl Whittaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I posted a little while back regarding the detection of network usernames in > php for an intranet. But an idea i had was to actually set up the username > as a windows environmental variable on all of the computers on the network > (which i can do quite easily) but the problem im having is actually getting > that variable sent to the webserver so that i can work with it in php. > > the bottom line is can i force a machine to send a windows variable to a web > server (baring in mind that i have complete acccess to all computers on the > network). > This is my last ditch effort to do this. But if anyone has any other ideas > id greatly appreciate them as this one has been bugging me for over a month > now > > Im using Apache 1.3.26 (thinking of moving to Apache2) and id be willing to > use IIS to get this feature > > SOS help me! > > gratefully, > Carl > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php