SID-00321: How to find the WIKINAME when USERNAME is known ?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.1.2	Perl version:	5.008008 (cygwin)
Category:	CategoryApplications	Server OS:	Windows 2003	Last update:	16 years ago

Let us say that these are the details of a user:

USERNAME = jsmith

WIKINAME = JohnSmith

WIKIUSERNAME = Main.JohnSmith

The parameter %USERINFO{...}% gives the other details of a user when the WIKINAME is known.

Is there a way I can find out the WIKINAME (JohnSmith) of a user whose USERNAME (jsmith) is known ?

Background: I use LDAP Contrib in my Twiki installation. The login Id of the users is their USERNAME. Now, given the login id, I want to find out the name of the user (WIKINAME)

-- ChengappaCB - 2009-05-17

Discussion and Answer

In recent TWiki versions you can specify the login name in USERINFO. See VarUSERINFO.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-05-17

Thans Peter!. i was not aware that the USERNAME can be given as the parameter in %USERINFO%. I had thought that it had to be WIKINAME

-- ChengappaCB - 2009-05-20

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