WNetGetUser

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This function retrieves the user name used to establish a network connection.

DWORD WNetGetUser( 
  LPCTSTR lpName, 
  LPTSTR lpUserName, 
  LPDWORD lpnLength 
);

Parameters

  • lpName
    [in] Long pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies either a local name that has been redirected to a network resource, or the remote name of a network resource to which a connection has been made without necessarily creating a local name.
  • lpUserName
    [out] Long pointer to a buffer that receives the null-terminated user name.
  • lpnLength
    [in, out] Long pointer to a variable that specifies the size, in characters, of the buffer pointed to by lpUserName. If the call fails because the buffer is not big enough, this variable contains the required buffer size.

Return Values

ERROR_SUCCESS indicates success. An error value indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. Possible GetLastError error values are described in the following table.

Value Description
ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED The resource name specified by lpName is not a connected network resource.
ERROR_MORE_DATA The supplied buffer is not large enough to hold the user name.
ERROR_NO_NETWORK No network is present.

The function returns error values for compatibility with Windows-based desktop platforms. For compatibility with the Win32 API, the function also sets the error value returned by GetLastError.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Winnetwk.h.
Link Library: Coredll.lib.

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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