System.getProperty("user.name") returns HOSTNAME instead of currently logged username

Question

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System.getProperty("user.name"); 

returns host-name of windows server 2008 machine instead of currently logged in user name.

Below is my code

final String user = System.getProperty("user.name");
logger.info("User Name : " + user);

I want to know how System.getProperty works in java and on windows server 2008? and why is it returning wrong value in this case?

Answer 1

Just checked this: System.getProperty("user.name"); returns the value from environment variable USERNAME, so check what set USERNAME says in CMD window