Re: Getting windows user name?

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010, ArkanoiD wrote:

> Is there a way to retrieve Windows user name for any given workstation, something like
> Unix identd, but using AD only? Terminal servers are non-issue at the moment (well,
> another issue), let's assume there is only one logged in that matters. Seems that ISA does it?
> Is it possible to implement such a functionality without netbios requests?

I don't think you can do a non-DCOM query without installing an agent on 
the Windows side- but I suppose it depends on where you need the 
informaiton.

Samba's wmi-client will do the dcom query.

Here's info on doing it via http with a client installed on the Windows 
box:

http://forums.cacti.net/about11752.html

If you're just trying to do the NTLM auth like ISA, this link may help:

http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/

Paul
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