Using ActiveX to get username

Question

I'm working with an old intranet site written in classic ASP. I'm trying to retrieve their username they logged into their machine with. Each user is logged into AD, but I can't retrieve it from the server since the intranet site does not use AD.

I was told I could use ActiveX in order to retrieve it. I did some research and I found the following code (javascript):

var wshshell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.shell");
var username = wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentalStrings("%username%");

Currently I'm using IE8 and I get an "Automation server can't create object" error on that first line.

1) Any ideas why I'm getting the error?

2) Is there a better way to be doing this given my limitations?

Answer 1

If this is done client-side, then you must have the user add the site to the Trusted Sites zone and set the security level to the lowest. Line 1 should work server-side, but I don't think line 2 is right.

Try this

var net = new ActiveXObject ( "WScript.NetWork" );
var username = net.UserName;