# UserName when logged out

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-when-logged-out/2827>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 30, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-when-logged-out/2827 "2011-03-30T22:23:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MCC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@MCC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MCC)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-when-logged-out/2827/1 "2011-03-30T22:23:07Z")

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Hi,

I’m wondering if anyone knows the user name that will be reported by [System]Client/User/Username when no one is logged in. The screen is blanked to the login screen in that condition so I can’t see what value might be returned. Is it an empty string or “none” or what?

I’ve implemented some scripting to interact with an external table of user preferences. It works great when I switch users, but doesn’t work when my inactivity logout script has logged out the current user. I’m wondering if it might have something to do with how I’m looking at the user name.

Thanks,  
Max

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-when-logged-out/2827/2 "2011-04-08T17:50:22Z")

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That tag doesn’t even exist when no one is logged in. When you’re at the login screen, your project isn’t running. So your script isn’t running either.