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Does JavaScript have access to the REMOTE_USER information? &nbsp;I need to know the user login inside of a JavaScript program and was wondering if there is an object that has it or whether I have to have a server side script pass the REMOTE_USER to Javascript when the page is generated. &nbsp;Thanks.
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Does JavaScript have access to the REMOTE_USER information?  I need to know the user login inside of a JavaScript program and was wondering if there is an object that has it or whether I have to have a server side script pass the REMOTE_USER to Javascript when the page is generated.  Thanks.

Accessing REMOTE_USER from JavaScript

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.