Get NTUser for internal application

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Dear all,

I am looking for a way to get the NT user on the client side of an internal web application with Vaadin.
The aim is to set username automatically on a login form when the user start the application.

Any help will be highly appreciate.
Regards,

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Hi,

I assume that by “NT user” you mean the Windows user?

As far as I know, that is not possible. I believe that it is an browser privacy feature that it doesn’t tell the user identity to websites. See for example
http://www.webmasterworld.com/javascript/3441878.htm
. Even if it were, it would be specific to IE and Windows.

If you want automation for the login, the basic techniques are:

  2. use the
    LoginForm
    , which enables the form autocompletion in browsers,
  3. use an
    external non-Ajax login page
     for the same purpose, or
  4. use
    cookies to track users across sessions
    .
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Thanx for your help.

Yes with NTUser I mean Windows User.
I think I willl take the cookie option or the login form Vaadin.