Because we are using the app more like a standalone application (for details please see my another posting). Generally these sort of app are not meant for tomcat, but we already had the app developed for central server, and we had a need to run the same app in a standalone mode for folks who are not connected to internet. Hence we took the same code base (with lot less fat) and ported it on tomcat.
-----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:47 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Reading environment variable from Tomcat Looks like correct behavior to me. You can see that tomcat runs in the System account when you look at it via Process Explorer or Task Manager. It has it's own environment separate from any desktop user and can run without any desktop user. This is also why tomcat can't access mapped network drives when it runs as a service. The real question is why do you want to know who the current desktop user(s) is/are? Tomcat should only be interested in the users coming in via http(s) connections. --David Sureka, Sushil wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have run into an issue related to starting tomcat as a service. When > we were starting tomcat from the command line, we were able to just say > System.getProperty("user.name" ) to retrieve the logged in user id. But > now that we start tomcat using a service, the get property call returns > "SYSTEM". > > > > After doing some more research, it seems like I have two options to find > out the login id. > > > > 1. Start the service using logged on option. > > 2. Use System.getEnv() > > > > > > It seems like the first option may not work for us as our passwords > expires periodically, and setting the logon/password account means that > we would have to have manual intervention. Additionally, when I tried > use my user id as logon id, it won't let me do that ( I imagine I need > to have system admin turn the privilege on for or something on those > lines) > > > > The second option did not work either. Calling the > System.getEnv("USERNAME") in a program started from the command line > returns the logged in user name, but it returns null when tomcat was > started using service approach. > > > > I am not sure if there is a way to find out who is logged in into the > system when Tomcat has been started using service mechanism. Any help in > this matter would be great help > > > > SS > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
