## <a name="TWiki_Username_vs_Login_Username"> TWiki Username vs. Login Username </a>

This section only applies to you in case the server where %WIKITOOLNAME% is installed is authenticated and on an Intranet.

%WIKITOOLNAME% manages internally two usernames: Login username and Wiki username.

* **Login username:** When you login to the Intranet you use your existing login username, i.e. <code>**pthoeny**</code>. This name is passed to %WIKITOOLNAME% by the <code>**REMOTE\_USER**</code> environment variable. %WIKITOOLNAME% uses this name internally to log topic changes. Login usernames are maintained by your system administrator.
* **Wiki username:** Is your name in [[WikiNotation]], i.e. <code>**PeterThoeny**</code>. Your [[WikiName]] will be created when you register in [[TWikiRegistration]]; doing so will also create your personal home page.

**_Note:_** When you refer to a [[WikiName]] of a user (your own or somebody else's) be sure to specify the %MAINWEB% web in front of the Wiki username, e.g. write <code>**%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername**</code> or <code>**%MAINWEB%.WikiUsername**</code>. This assures that the name will be linked automatically to the %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web, even if the text is written in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web.

%WIKITOOLNAME% can map the Intranet username to the Wiki username automatically, provided that the Login username and Wiki username pair has been entered in the %MAINWEB%.%WIKIUSERSTOPIC% topic. This happens automatically when you register.

-- [[PeterThoeny]] - 16 May 2001 <br />