Obtaining 802.1X username

[marct]

Hi,

Can anyone help me to find out how to get the 802.1X username that a user is logged in with? Either command line tools or APIs.

Specifically, I am interested in the fully qualified username for when a Linux machine is a member of a Windows Domain, e.g. bob@microsoft.com

Apologies if this is an odd request but I have heard people do this.

Thanks
Marc

[marct]

Hi,

Can nobody help with this at all? Surely there must be some command line tool that tells the user who is logged into the machine? A 802.1X client application?

Thanks
Marc

[wje_lf]

I wasn't going to say anything, but since you persist:

Can nobody help with this at all?

Sigh. Sure. You can. Two steps.

1. First, from this site's etiquette pointers:
   

   Search the forums and search engines for solutions first.

2. Having absorbed that, google this:
   

   "802.1X" username linux

   and you'll get a wealth of information.

Hope this helps.

[marct]

I have tried searching both the forums and google.

The problem is I am far from an experienced Linux user/developer. So, by saying search on the internet isn't particularly useful especially if you are unsure what to search for. Linux being Linux there is probably 101 different 802.1X supplicants and 101 different ways of extracting information.

I was hoping someone out there would just know and say run command X or parse file Y.

Marc

[ryokimball]

Hi. I'm no expert esp. on this matter, but wje_lf did seem a little rude in his response so I thought I'd at least try to sound helpful.

Doing some more advanced google searches ("802.1x username linux" didn't show anything I thought was useful...), I found this site; didn't read it fully, but it had some points that might interest you. This might be of use, as well --it's a hacking tool of some sort, which claims to have some useful traits. Finally, this site makes references, to what you are talking about, but I'm not sure it actually holds any relevance.

Good luck

[wje_lf]

wje_lf did seem a little rude in his response

That was not my intent, believe me. If it came across that way, then I regret that I was not more careful in my wording.

ryokimball, your answer was far more helpful than mine.

[ryokimball]

You weren't rude... I just see how it could seem that way (and because of marct's response, I think that's how he took it), so I thought it would be benificial to make an alternative response. Besides, I often ask for things without looking first, perhaps only because I don't know exactly what to look for or because I know it will be hard to find if possible at all.