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Full name of Windows user name (in Domain) using Python

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2

I want to retrieve the full name of a Windows computer user in Python.

I have found the equivalent batch command:

net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"

that returns the full name (e.g. Full Name John Doe).

I have done the following way by using subprocess but I am wondering if there is a more native way to do it with some Python modules.

import getpass

import subprocess

import re



username = getpass.getuser()

p = subprocess.Popen(

    'net user %s /domain' % username,

    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE

)

info, err = p.stdout.read(), p.stderr.read()

full_name = re.findall(r'Full Names+(.*S)', info)



print(full_name)

Thanks

windows python windows-domain

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2

I want to retrieve the full name of a Windows computer user in Python.

I have found the equivalent batch command:

net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"

that returns the full name (e.g. Full Name John Doe).

I have done the following way by using subprocess but I am wondering if there is a more native way to do it with some Python modules.

import getpass

import subprocess

import re



username = getpass.getuser()

p = subprocess.Popen(

    'net user %s /domain' % username,

    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE

)

info, err = p.stdout.read(), p.stderr.read()

full_name = re.findall(r'Full Names+(.*S)', info)



print(full_name)

Thanks

windows python windows-domain

share|improve this question

edited Aug 11 '17 at 3:45

Jean-Francois T.

asked Aug 11 '17 at 2:27

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add a comment | 

I want to retrieve the full name of a Windows computer user in Python.

I have found the equivalent batch command:

net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"

that returns the full name (e.g. Full Name John Doe).

I have done the following way by using subprocess but I am wondering if there is a more native way to do it with some Python modules.

import getpass

import subprocess

import re



username = getpass.getuser()

p = subprocess.Popen(

    'net user %s /domain' % username,

    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE

)

info, err = p.stdout.read(), p.stderr.read()

full_name = re.findall(r'Full Names+(.*S)', info)



print(full_name)

Thanks

windows python windows-domain

share|improve this question

edited Aug 11 '17 at 3:45

Jean-Francois T.

asked Aug 11 '17 at 2:27

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

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net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"

import getpass

import subprocess

import re



username = getpass.getuser()

p = subprocess.Popen(

    'net user %s /domain' % username,

    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE

)

info, err = p.stdout.read(), p.stderr.read()

full_name = re.findall(r'Full Names+(.*S)', info)



print(full_name)

share|improve this question

edited Aug 11 '17 at 3:45

Jean-Francois T.

asked Aug 11 '17 at 2:27

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

3501314

share|improve this question

edited Aug 11 '17 at 3:45

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asked Aug 11 '17 at 2:27

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asked Aug 11 '17 at 2:27

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The more direct way to do this is to query Active Directory. You'd perform a lookup on the user, followed by getting the displayName attribute. (This maps to the Full Name displayed in Windows.)

---

You have two options here:

Using a Python AD library, e.g. pyad

This is very Windows-specific, and requires the pywin32 library. It relies on ADSI APIs, so will only work on Windows.

from pyad import aduser

user = aduser.ADUser.from_cn(username)

print user.get_attribute("displayName")

How you get the username is up to you. You can use getpass.getuser(), os.environ["USERNAME"] (Windows-only), etc.

Using a Python LDAP library, e.g. ldap3

This follows the standard LDAP protocol, with a pure Python implementation, so should work from any client OS.

Using raw LDAP queries is rather more involved than the ADSI abstractions. I suggest you read the documentation (which has decent tutorials) and search for more tutorials on interacting with Microsoft AD via ldap3.

---

Note that one possible issue is that searching by username (CN) alone might get you the wrong object. It's possible to have multiple objects with the same CN across multiple OUs. If you want to be more precise, you might want to use a unique identifier like the SID.

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answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

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  Is there a method using Windows' "Net*()" functions? (Or, well, similar.) It would then work for any kind of account – local, nt4, ad...
  
  – grawity
  Aug 11 '17 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


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  @grawity Hm, I'd not even thought of that. With pywin32 you could use import win32net and use win32net.NetUserGetInfo(), which calls NetUserGetInfo(). A level of 2 or higher includes a full_name. However, with a bit of testing, it appears that you have to specify the server to get a domain response anyway - querying a domain user (even the currently logged in one) against None/localhost fails.
  
  – Bob
  Aug 11 '17 at 7:19
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Interesting answer, although I have an error while trying with pyad when doing aduser.ADUser.from_cn: The specified query resturned 0 results. getSingleResults only functions with a single result.. I believe I will stick to my ugly solution :)
  
  – Jean-Francois T.
  Aug 14 '17 at 3:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Jean-FrancoisT. Hm, that's interesting - it worked when I tested. I assume the machine you're running it on is joined to the domain, and that you are using a correct username? It should work with the same thing you pass into net user /domain. Failing that, you could try the NetUserGetInfo method. Or your subprocess method if you can accept the ugliness ;)
  
  – Bob
  Aug 14 '17 at 4:08
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

Based on the comments from @Bob, the following is working on Windows and is pure Python but it requires to install pywin32 (based on this Recipe):

import win32api

import win32net



user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(), win32api.GetUserName(), 2)

full_name = user_info["full_name"]

Another shorter version of the script in the question using only subprocess is:

import subprocess



name = subprocess.check_output(

   'net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"', shell=True

)

full_name name.replace(b"Full Name", b"").strip()

NOTE: in the last example, you will need to change the last line to ...replace("Full Name", "").strip() for Python 2.7.

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2

The more direct way to do this is to query Active Directory. You'd perform a lookup on the user, followed by getting the displayName attribute. (This maps to the Full Name displayed in Windows.)

---

You have two options here:

Using a Python AD library, e.g. pyad

This is very Windows-specific, and requires the pywin32 library. It relies on ADSI APIs, so will only work on Windows.

from pyad import aduser

user = aduser.ADUser.from_cn(username)

print user.get_attribute("displayName")

How you get the username is up to you. You can use getpass.getuser(), os.environ["USERNAME"] (Windows-only), etc.

Using a Python LDAP library, e.g. ldap3

This follows the standard LDAP protocol, with a pure Python implementation, so should work from any client OS.

Using raw LDAP queries is rather more involved than the ADSI abstractions. I suggest you read the documentation (which has decent tutorials) and search for more tutorials on interacting with Microsoft AD via ldap3.

---

Note that one possible issue is that searching by username (CN) alone might get you the wrong object. It's possible to have multiple objects with the same CN across multiple OUs. If you want to be more precise, you might want to use a unique identifier like the SID.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

45.9k20139173

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Is there a method using Windows' "Net*()" functions? (Or, well, similar.) It would then work for any kind of account – local, nt4, ad...
  
  – grawity
  Aug 11 '17 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @grawity Hm, I'd not even thought of that. With pywin32 you could use import win32net and use win32net.NetUserGetInfo(), which calls NetUserGetInfo(). A level of 2 or higher includes a full_name. However, with a bit of testing, it appears that you have to specify the server to get a domain response anyway - querying a domain user (even the currently logged in one) against None/localhost fails.
  
  – Bob
  Aug 11 '17 at 7:19
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Interesting answer, although I have an error while trying with pyad when doing aduser.ADUser.from_cn: The specified query resturned 0 results. getSingleResults only functions with a single result.. I believe I will stick to my ugly solution :)
  
  – Jean-Francois T.
  Aug 14 '17 at 3:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Jean-FrancoisT. Hm, that's interesting - it worked when I tested. I assume the machine you're running it on is joined to the domain, and that you are using a correct username? It should work with the same thing you pass into net user /domain. Failing that, you could try the NetUserGetInfo method. Or your subprocess method if you can accept the ugliness ;)
  
  – Bob
  Aug 14 '17 at 4:08
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

The more direct way to do this is to query Active Directory. You'd perform a lookup on the user, followed by getting the displayName attribute. (This maps to the Full Name displayed in Windows.)

---

You have two options here:

Using a Python AD library, e.g. pyad

This is very Windows-specific, and requires the pywin32 library. It relies on ADSI APIs, so will only work on Windows.

from pyad import aduser

user = aduser.ADUser.from_cn(username)

print user.get_attribute("displayName")

How you get the username is up to you. You can use getpass.getuser(), os.environ["USERNAME"] (Windows-only), etc.

Using a Python LDAP library, e.g. ldap3

This follows the standard LDAP protocol, with a pure Python implementation, so should work from any client OS.

Using raw LDAP queries is rather more involved than the ADSI abstractions. I suggest you read the documentation (which has decent tutorials) and search for more tutorials on interacting with Microsoft AD via ldap3.

---

Note that one possible issue is that searching by username (CN) alone might get you the wrong object. It's possible to have multiple objects with the same CN across multiple OUs. If you want to be more precise, you might want to use a unique identifier like the SID.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

45.9k20139173

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Is there a method using Windows' "Net*()" functions? (Or, well, similar.) It would then work for any kind of account – local, nt4, ad...
  
  – grawity
  Aug 11 '17 at 6:55
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @grawity Hm, I'd not even thought of that. With pywin32 you could use import win32net and use win32net.NetUserGetInfo(), which calls NetUserGetInfo(). A level of 2 or higher includes a full_name. However, with a bit of testing, it appears that you have to specify the server to get a domain response anyway - querying a domain user (even the currently logged in one) against None/localhost fails.
  
  – Bob
  Aug 11 '17 at 7:19
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Interesting answer, although I have an error while trying with pyad when doing aduser.ADUser.from_cn: The specified query resturned 0 results. getSingleResults only functions with a single result.. I believe I will stick to my ugly solution :)
  
  – Jean-Francois T.
  Aug 14 '17 at 3:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Jean-FrancoisT. Hm, that's interesting - it worked when I tested. I assume the machine you're running it on is joined to the domain, and that you are using a correct username? It should work with the same thing you pass into net user /domain. Failing that, you could try the NetUserGetInfo method. Or your subprocess method if you can accept the ugliness ;)
  
  – Bob
  Aug 14 '17 at 4:08
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

The more direct way to do this is to query Active Directory. You'd perform a lookup on the user, followed by getting the displayName attribute. (This maps to the Full Name displayed in Windows.)

---

You have two options here:

Using a Python AD library, e.g. pyad

This is very Windows-specific, and requires the pywin32 library. It relies on ADSI APIs, so will only work on Windows.

from pyad import aduser

user = aduser.ADUser.from_cn(username)

print user.get_attribute("displayName")

How you get the username is up to you. You can use getpass.getuser(), os.environ["USERNAME"] (Windows-only), etc.

Using a Python LDAP library, e.g. ldap3

This follows the standard LDAP protocol, with a pure Python implementation, so should work from any client OS.

Using raw LDAP queries is rather more involved than the ADSI abstractions. I suggest you read the documentation (which has decent tutorials) and search for more tutorials on interacting with Microsoft AD via ldap3.

---

Note that one possible issue is that searching by username (CN) alone might get you the wrong object. It's possible to have multiple objects with the same CN across multiple OUs. If you want to be more precise, you might want to use a unique identifier like the SID.

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

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from pyad import aduser

user = aduser.ADUser.from_cn(username)

print user.get_attribute("displayName")

share|improve this answer

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

45.9k20139173

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

45.9k20139173

answered Aug 11 '17 at 3:05

BobBob

45.9k20139173

0

Based on the comments from @Bob, the following is working on Windows and is pure Python but it requires to install pywin32 (based on this Recipe):

import win32api

import win32net



user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(), win32api.GetUserName(), 2)

full_name = user_info["full_name"]

Another shorter version of the script in the question using only subprocess is:

import subprocess



name = subprocess.check_output(

   'net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"', shell=True

)

full_name name.replace(b"Full Name", b"").strip()

NOTE: in the last example, you will need to change the last line to ...replace("Full Name", "").strip() for Python 2.7.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

3501314

add a comment | 

0

Based on the comments from @Bob, the following is working on Windows and is pure Python but it requires to install pywin32 (based on this Recipe):

import win32api

import win32net



user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(), win32api.GetUserName(), 2)

full_name = user_info["full_name"]

Another shorter version of the script in the question using only subprocess is:

import subprocess



name = subprocess.check_output(

   'net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"', shell=True

)

full_name name.replace(b"Full Name", b"").strip()

NOTE: in the last example, you will need to change the last line to ...replace("Full Name", "").strip() for Python 2.7.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

3501314

add a comment | 

Based on the comments from @Bob, the following is working on Windows and is pure Python but it requires to install pywin32 (based on this Recipe):

import win32api

import win32net



user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(), win32api.GetUserName(), 2)

full_name = user_info["full_name"]

Another shorter version of the script in the question using only subprocess is:

import subprocess



name = subprocess.check_output(

   'net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"', shell=True

)

full_name name.replace(b"Full Name", b"").strip()

NOTE: in the last example, you will need to change the last line to ...replace("Full Name", "").strip() for Python 2.7.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

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import win32api

import win32net



user_info = win32net.NetUserGetInfo(win32net.NetGetAnyDCName(), win32api.GetUserName(), 2)

full_name = user_info["full_name"]

import subprocess



name = subprocess.check_output(

   'net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name"', shell=True

)

full_name name.replace(b"Full Name", b"").strip()

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

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answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

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answered yesterday

Jean-Francois T.Jean-Francois T.

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