Getting Current User

[prgmrgirl]

Oguys, I have done this before and of course, no longer have the code so I don't remember how I did this. We have some users who, once connected to our intranet, want to use a page. I would like to simply get the name of the user so that I can display "Welcome UserName" at the top of the page. Using either client-side or server side script, how can I get the current user?

Thanks a million!
prgmrgirl

 

[ca8msm]

Have a look at the User.Identity class


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[jmeckley]

[tt]User.Idnentity[/tt] works from a page class. if you want to reference the username from a none web object use [tt]System.Security.Principle.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();[/tt]

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

How about
[tt]System.Environment.UserName[/tt]?

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Help to find Missing people

 

[prgmrgirl]

Thanks guys, I'll give these a try!

prgmrgirl

 

[prgmrgirl]

A question:

Using GetCurrent.Name I am getting this: JSMITH\ASP

as opposed to the expected DOMAIN\JSMITH.

Where exactly is this username coming from?

Thanks!
prgmrgirl

 

[jmeckley]

web.config

<configuration>
   ...
   <system.web>
      ...
      <authentication mode="Windows"/>
      <identity impersonate="true"/>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[prgmrgirl]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the reply. Tried to do that but then I get NO username back at all.

prgmrgirl

 

[jmeckley]

the client's browser must also have Windows Integrated Authentication enabled. Although I thought this was "on" by default.

open IE
Tools>Options>Advanced
mark the check box with a title similar to Windows Integrated Authentication.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[nicklieb]

it all depends on how they login into the Intranet...

what about looking at the server variables?
are user login details stored in a DB?
is there an active session that you can lookup against?
do they use network logins? ( in which case you will be able to use the config as shown above)

 

[prgmrgirl]

Yeah, it is and mine has been on!

LOL

Any ideas what the heck could be causing this one?

prgmrgirl

 

[prgmrgirl]

Hi Nick, thanks for joining the lunacy!

They use a network login. The users would already be crawling around the network doing other things. It's just a matter of finding out who exactly is on the page at that moment. What I would like to have is their network login (i.e. DOMAIN\USERNAME).

cheers!

prgmrgirl

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

I used this code earlier

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=4571

Later found it was very easy if you drop a "LoginName" control on the page. No code required.

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Zameer Abdulla
Help to find Missing people

 

[GoTerps88]

I got it to work this way:

1) Control Panel
2) IIS
3) Right-click web site
4) Properties
5) Directory Security
6) Uncheck Anonymous Access
7) OK

On the client form I ran this code:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetPrincipalPolicy(PrincipalPolicy.WindowsPrincipal);
        WindowsPrincipal principal = (WindowsPrincipal)Thread.CurrentPrincipal;
        WindowsIdentity identity = (WindowsIdentity)principal.Identity;

        Response.Write(identity.Name.ToString());

 

[GoTerps88]

You need to set these references:

using System.Threading;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Security.Principal;