GetCurrentUser Method in Class SMS_Identification

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10/04/2022

The GetCurrentUser Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class method, in Configuration Manager, gets the domain\user name that is used by the SMS Provider for authentication.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and defines the method.

Syntax

SInt32 GetCurrentUser(  
     String UserName  
);

Parameters

UserName
Data type: String

Qualifiers: [out]

Domain\user name being used by the SMS Provider. This name might differ from the domain\user name supplied by the application, depending on the domain trust model that is used.

Return Values

An SInt32 data type that is 0 to indicate success or non-zero to indicate failure.

For information about handling returned errors, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Example Code

The following example shows how to call this method to get the current user.

Dim Identification As SWbemObject  
Dim UserName As String  

Set Identification = GetObject("winmgmts:\root\sms\site_<sitecode>:SMS_Identification")  
Identification.GetCurrentUser UserName  

MsgBox "UserName = " & UserName

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

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