# User Management from Perspective Client Session

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**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-from-perspective-client-session/40908 "2020-11-23T23:07:29Z")\
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You can use system.user.editUser, just use system.security.getUsername to get the currently logged in user. The docs have an example that should tell you everything you need to know about the scripting aspect.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.user.editUser](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.user.editUser)  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.security.getUsername](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.security.getUsername)

Edit: There’s also a session property that has the username: auth.user.userName

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