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USERNAME -- your login username
Foswiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME likejsmith, WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME like Users.JohnSmith. Un-authenticated users are all Wiki Guest.
This macro is an alias for the USERINFO macro with a fixed format="$username".
The login username is considered "protected"
information by default and will not be revealed to non-admin users.Parameters
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
"name" |
Wiki Name or login username. | current user |
Examples
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%USERNAME%expands toguest -
%USERNAME{AdminUser}%expands to == When used in a template topic, this macro will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See Template Topics#Template Topics Vars for details
Related
REMOTE_USER, USERINFO, WIKINAME, WIKIUSERNAME, User AuthenticationEdit | Attach | Print version | History: r1 | Backlinks | View wiki text | Edit wiki text | More topic actions
Topic revision: r1 - 04 Apr 2017, ProjectContributor
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