Getting username of user who has logged into system without using System.ge

I need to get the user name of a user who has logged into a system.Can I achieve this without using System.getProperty("user.name");

[146 byte] By [jaaya] at [2007-11-26 19:10:55]

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# 1

In pure Java, unlikely. Why do you need this?

mlka at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

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# 2

> I need to get the user name of a user who has logged> into a system.> Can I achieve this without using> System.getProperty("user.name");Not with pure Java, no.Is there some good reason not to use the available property you already know

warnerjaa at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

# 3

> I need to get the user name of a user who has logged> into a system.> Can I achieve this without using> System.getProperty("user.name");Is there a reason that you don't want to use that?Kaj

kajbja at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

# 4

Since in one of my application this is not returning correct value, rather it is returning value from a file that was installed with the application

jaaya at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

# 5

What OS?

kajbja at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

# 6

> What OS?WindowsXP. I also had a look at http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4448660

jaaya at 2007-7-9 21:07:26 >

# 7

Well, fix the root problem. Nobody should be overriding the USERNAME environment variable.

warnerjaa at 2007-7-9 21:07:27 >

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