How to get User Display name logged in in Python + Windows in AD Environment?

Question

I want to get the Full display name of user current logged in . I am on Active Directory login so usually I get username easily but I am looking for User's Display name.

path = os.path.join('..','Documents and Settings',getpass.getuser(),'Desktop') os.getlogin()

This does not works as it gives username not display name.

@Vulpex Not duplicate, I am not asking for username, I am asking user's display name. — Abhinav Kumar, Mar 27 '19 at 07:15
I quote: "I'm trying to get the user's full name. Not the login name," first sentence from the question linked. — Vulpex, Mar 27 '19 at 07:16

Xenobiologist · Answer 1 · 2019-03-27T07:31:34.180

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Is this what you want?

import ctypes

def get_display_name():
    GetUserNameEx = ctypes.windll.secur32.GetUserNameExW
    NameDisplay = 3

    size = ctypes.pointer(ctypes.c_ulong(0))
    GetUserNameEx(NameDisplay, None, size)

    nameBuffer = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(size.contents.value)
    GetUserNameEx(NameDisplay, nameBuffer, size)
    return nameBuffer.value

print(get_display_name())

Second script

user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(),   win32api.GetUserName(), 2)
full_name = user_info["full_name"]
print(full_name)

edited Mar 27 '19 at 07:31

answered Mar 27 '19 at 07:20

Xenobiologist

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Yes got this from another post, works. – Abhinav Kumar Mar 27 '19 at 07:21

How to get User Display name logged in in Python + Windows in AD Environment?

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