getting system info using servlet

[kamesh aru]

how can i get system information like computer name ,nt id etc using servlet ?
thanks in advance

[kamesh aru]

i am able to get the ipaddress of the client
by using
String ipaddress = request.getRemoteAddr();
but how to get nt id of the computer that is logged in in the intranet

[Ben Souther]

Have you looked at:
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html
and:
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest.html

[kamesh aru]

if am using request.getRemoteUser() its returning null ?
how to get the user name who has logged into the nt machine
thanks for the responce

[Eduardo Dela Rosa]

Originally posted by kamesh aru:
if am using request.getRemoteUser() its returning null ?
how to get the user name who has logged into the nt machine
thanks for the responce

Hi, as per Servlet 2.x specifications, the

getRemoteUser()

returns
the login of the user making the request, if the user has been
authenticated, or

null

if the user has not been authenticated. Whether
the user name is sent with each subsequent request depends on the
browser and type of authentication.

[Bear Bibeault]

type of authentication.

Which means. of course, container-based authentication which has nothing to do with Windows login.

[kamesh aru]

thanks for the responses.
is there way of using JAAS and getting the login username in the intranet?