KBEC-00228 - Logged in user

Summary

How do I access the name of the currently logged in user?.

Solution

From the Online Help

/myUser/... This property can be used only if the current session is associated with: 


the predefined "admin" user, a user defined as "local", or a user defined by a Directory Provider (LDAP or ActiveDirectory). 


This property cannot be used if the user is a "project principal", which is normally the case when running inside a Commander step. 





For example, with an interactive login you can use: 


ectool getProperty /myUser/userName (to get the user name of the logged in user, or...) ectool getProperty /myUser/email (to get the email address)

Examples

# Get the current userName 


# This has to be handled differently if this code is running from within a Commander Step vs. externally. 


# The property /myUser/userName can only be used when NOT in a Commander Step. 


# In that case, use the property /myJob/launchedByUser. 


use strict; 


use ElectricCommander; 


my $ec = ElectricCommander->new();


my $userProperty = '';


if($ENV{'COMMANDER_JOBSTEPID'}) {


    $userProperty = '/myJob/launchedByUser'; 


} 


else { 


    $userProperty = '/myUser/userName'; 


}


my $xpath = $ec->getProperty($userProperty);


my $currentUser = $xpath->findvalue('//value')->string_value;


print "currentUser = $currentUser\n";