session("userid") equivalent 2

[G00GLER]

is there an easy way to find out who on the network is visiting a webform (.net) like in ASP.

thanks.

 

[Mike555]

Using Windows Authentication with my intranet applications, I can use User.Identity.Name to identify user names.


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[ca8msm]

What did you use in ASP to set session("userid")? I ask as this is just a session wide variable and unless you set it, it wouldn't exist and certainly wouldn't return the name of the current user.

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[G00GLER]

ca8msm good point, session("userid") was created in an include done many years ago. thanks for pointing that out.

 

[G00GLER]

Mike555 do i need to have network configure IIS.. disabling anonymous access in IIS and enable IWA, Digest or Basic. Have you done
that?

will this screw up any of my asp intranet applications?

 

[ca8msm]

I was just wondering how you actually populated that variable, as it may be that you could do it the same way (unless of course you can utilise the solution from Mike555).

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[ca8msm]

It shouldn't mess up your other applications (if they are running on the same web server) as you can define the security for each application.

You will have to go into IIS and select the properties of the ASP.NET application, select the Directory Security and set up Windows Authentication there.

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[Mike555]

ca8msm can correct me (I'm sure) If I'm wrong, but I think...

If you have anonymous access enabled, only anonymous users (whom the application cannot outright identify) would show in User.Identity.Name. Having anonymous access enabled would not automatically make user's unidentifiable via User.Identity.Name. IIS Virtual Directory accesses may be configured on a Virtual Directory-by-Virtual Directory basis and therefore modifying the settings of one Virtual Directory will not screw-up other Virtual directories.


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[Mike555]

CORRECTION -

If you have anonymous access enabled, only anonymous users (whom the application cannot outright identify) would NOT show in User.Identity.Name. Having anonymous access enabled would not automatically make user's unidentifiable via User.Identity.Name. IIS Virtual Directory accesses may be configured on a Virtual Directory-by-Virtual Directory basis and therefore modifying the settings of one Virtual Directory will not screw-up other Virtual directories.


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[G00GLER]

replays thanks both of you MUCH HELP.