Getting Player + Computer Name

Hello, I was wondering how I would go about getting the name of a player who interacted with the computer, and the computer ID, I need to get the player name so that I can submit it to my database, that way it may determine is a certain account is authorized to access certain functions of the program, or certain areas of the game. Thanks!

You cannot get a player name without other peripheral mods unless you ask them to type it in using read().
And to get the computer ID, use os.getComputerID() or os.computerID()

if you want to get player name and have miscperipherals installed use the player detector.
use this code

while true do
  event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
   print("user: " .. user)
end

then just write it to your database file:

while true do
event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
if event == "player" then
  print("user: " .. user)
  myFile = fs.open("database", a)
  myFile.write(user .. "\n")
  myFile.close
end
end

then you can access the database for whatever you want by typing edit database.

jllllloyd, on 16 May 2013 - 07:23 AM said:

if you want to get player name and have miscperipherals installed use the player detector.
use this code

while true do
  event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
   print("user: " .. user)
end

then just write it to your database file:

while true do
event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
if event == "player" then
  print("user: " .. user)
  myFile = fs.open("database", a)
  myFile.write(user .. "\n")
  myFile.close
end
end

then you can access the database for whatever you want by typing edit database.

Thanks, where might I find the 1.5.1 compatible version of misc. peripherals?(also my database is mysql, I want to add access control to the stargate dialing program, that I wrote for a plugin on my server(with some help from people here), by sending their name along with the requested gate to dial to my server(I already got that part handled, I just didn't know how to get the name))

It's in the peripherals section of the forums.
http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/4587-cc152mc151-miscperipherals-32/

1vannn, on 17 May 2013 - 08:37 PM said:

It's in the peripherals section of the forums.
http://www.computerc...peripherals-32/

Thanks, I have however decided to use immibis's peripherals (RFID Reader), along with a private list of codes for access control, for now at least, since I already have it installed.