Get the user name

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This article shows two ways to obtain the user name from the system.

the article

Two methods are shown:

• the first one uses the System.getProperty() method to obtain the user.name value.
• the second method uses com.sun.security.auth.module.NTSystem so it's specific to the NT Systems, such as Windows XP

System get property

String username;
username = System.getProperty("user.name")

specific for NT systems (Windows)

public class Test {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    System.out.println(new com.sun.security.auth.module.NTSystem().getName());
  }
}

Unix

public class Test {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    System.out.println(new com.sun.security.auth.module.UnixSystem().getUsername());
  }
}

See Also

Real's Java How To

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