Re: Issue with GetUserNameExA

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"Marc" <Marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:05E1C245-FCB6-4F5C-BBF0-4B4836BBADD5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am of course relying upon our Network Admin when he tells me that it is
> not. I am not very well versed in that area to make the determination for
> myself. Do you have any ideas as to where I may look to verify whether or
> not it has been setup correctly?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Marc.
>
> "Mark Yudkin" wrote:
>
>> Have you verified that the W2K3 domain's Active Directory hasn't been
>> misconfigured?
>>
>> "Marc" <Marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:467265B5-7123-4501-8552-6B6ED4827C1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a function (see below) that retrieves the currently logged in
>> >Windows
>> > User account (Domain\Username). When executing against a Windows 2000
>> > Domain, it returns exactly what I would expect...Domain\Username.
>> > However,
>> > when I execute the code against/within a Windows Server 2003 Domain,
>> > what
>> > I
>> > have been getting back is Domain\UserFirstName, not the actual Windows
>> > Username. Any ideas on what I may be doing incorrect? Or is there a
>> > change
>> > in the Windows Server 2003 APIs that does not appear to be documented
>> > anywhere?
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your assistance.
>> >
>> > Marc.
>> >
>> > Private Declare Function GetUserNameAPI Lib "secur32.dll" Alias
>> > "GetUserNameExA" (ByVal NameFormat As Long, ByVal lpNameBuffer As
>> > String,
>> > nSize As Long) As Long
>> >
>> > Public Function GetWindowsUser() As String
>> > Dim sBuffer As String
>> > Dim lLen As Long
>> >
>> > sBuffer = Space(255 + 1)
>> > lLen = Len(sBuffer)
>> >
>> > If CBool(GetUserNameAPI(2, sBuffer, lLen)) Then
>> > GetWindowsUser = Trim$(Left$(sBuffer, lLen - 1))
>> > Else
>> > GetWindowsUser = ""
>> > End If
>> > End Function
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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