Computer name in ASP

[Shahid Juma]

Hi,

How can I retrieve the computer name of the browser and output it to the
webpage in ASP/VBScript?

Thanks in advance,
Shahid

 

[Rob Meade]

...

How can I retrieve the computer name of the browser and output it to the
webpage in ASP/VBScript?

Of the client computer I don't think you'll be able to being that the ASP
will be run server side...

Not sure if you can extract this with Javascript - I'd be surprised though
for security reasons etc...

Something here:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Q_20595825.html

Regards

Rob

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

Here's a poor-man's method that works well in an intranet environment. It
pings the remote_addr using the -a switch which asks that ping.exe return
the hostname, if it can be reverse-resolved:

<%
Dim sIP
Dim oShell, oExec, sCommand, sOutput
sIP = Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")
''watch for line wrap - begin
sCommand = "%comspec% /c @echo off & for /f ""tokens=2"" %q in ('ping -n
1 -a " & sIP & "^|find /i ""pinging""') do echo %q"
''watch for line wrap - end
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = oShell.Exec(sCommand)
sOutput = oExec.StdOut.ReadAll
Set oExec = Nothing
Set oShell = Nothing
Response.WRite sOutput
%>

Ray at work

 

[Mike Brind]

Hi,

How can I retrieve the computer name of the browser and output it to the
webpage in ASP/VBScript?

Thanks in advance,
Shahid

What do you mean by "computer name"?

Mike Brind

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

Check the NTFS permissions on %windir%\system32\ping.exe. Oddly, on my
computer (XP SP1), ping.exe has my IUSR account specifically denied. When I
run this on a W2K Server, however, all is fine.

Also check the permissions on your cmd.exe (%comspec%). Permissions are
explicitely denied on this file as well.

Ray at work

 

[Shahid Juma]

Thanks,

I tried it and I get an "Access Denied", are there any permissions I need to
set?

Thanks,
Shahid

 

[Mike Brind]

What do you mean by "computer name"?

Mike Brind

Answered in other replies.

 

[Jeff Cochran]

Hi,

How can I retrieve the computer name of the browser and output it to the
webpage in ASP/VBScript?

Does Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_HOST") get you what you need?

Jeff