Hi;

Is there any way to get the value of an environment variable from a remote
system - in the context of a given user?

--
thanks - dave

Hi Dave,

Welcome to MSDN newsgroup. As for the retreveing sys environment
variables , I think the only means is using WMI, and in .NET the WMI apis
are under the
System.Management namespace, here are some good articles on WMI in .net:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/20...t/WMIPart1.asp
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/20...t/WMIPart2.asp

#Remoting and Connection Options
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tingandconnect
ionoptions.asp?frame=true

Also, I've paste a piece of test code below for your reference, if you
still need any further info on WMI, I suggest that you also have a look in
the WMI newsgroup, you can find many resources or former threads discussing
such problem there:

==========================
static void GetSysInfo(string domain, string machine, string username,
string password)
{

ManagementObjectSearcher query = null;
ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection = null;

ConnectionOptions opt = new ConnectionOptions();

opt.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
opt.EnablePrivileges = true;
opt.Username = username;
opt.Password = password;
try
{
ManagementPath p = new ManagementPath
("\\\\" +machine+ "\\root\\cimv2");

ManagementScope msc = new ManagementScope(p, opt);

SelectQuery q= new SelectQuery("Win32_Environment");

query = new ManagementObjectSearcher(msc, q, null);
queryCollection = query.Get();

Console.WriteLine(queryCollection.Count);

foreach (ManagementBaseObject envVar in queryCollection)
{
Console.WriteLine("System environment variable {0} = {1}",
envVar["Name"], envVar["VariableValue"]);
}
}
catch(ManagementException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);

Environment.Exit(1);
}
catch(System.UnauthorizedAccessException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);

Environment.Exit(1);
}



}

}

========================================

HTH. Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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This is great - thanks - dave

"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Welcome to MSDN newsgroup. As for the retreveing sys environment
> variables , I think the only means is using WMI, and in .NET the WMI apis
> are under the
> System.Management namespace, here are some good articles on WMI in .net:
>
> http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/20...t/WMIPart1.asp
> http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/20...t/WMIPart2.asp
>
> #Remoting and Connection Options
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tingandconnect
> ionoptions.asp?frame=true
>
> Also, I've paste a piece of test code below for your reference, if you
> still need any further info on WMI, I suggest that you also have a look in
> the WMI newsgroup, you can find many resources or former threads discussing
> such problem there:
>
> ==========================
> static void GetSysInfo(string domain, string machine, string username,
> string password)
> {
>
> ManagementObjectSearcher query = null;
> ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection = null;
>
> ConnectionOptions opt = new ConnectionOptions();
>
> opt.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
> opt.EnablePrivileges = true;
> opt.Username = username;
> opt.Password = password;
> try
> {
> ManagementPath p = new ManagementPath
> ("\\\\" +machine+ "\\root\\cimv2");
>
> ManagementScope msc = new ManagementScope(p, opt);
>
> SelectQuery q= new SelectQuery("Win32_Environment");
>
> query = new ManagementObjectSearcher(msc, q, null);
> queryCollection = query.Get();
>
> Console.WriteLine(queryCollection.Count);
>
> foreach (ManagementBaseObject envVar in queryCollection)
> {
> Console.WriteLine("System environment variable {0} = {1}",
> envVar["Name"], envVar["VariableValue"]);
> }
> }
> catch(ManagementException e)
> {
> Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
>
> Environment.Exit(1);
> }
> catch(System.UnauthorizedAccessException e)
> {
> Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
>
> Environment.Exit(1);
> }
>
>
>
> }
>
> }
>
> ========================================
>
> HTH. Thanks,
>
> Steven Cheng
> Microsoft Online Support
>
> Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
> (This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.)
>
>
>
>
>

You're welcome. :-)

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
(This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties, and confers no
rights.)