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Whistler
Whistler

Reputation: 1977

How to get current windows user on ASP.Net 5?

I'm trying to get current windows user in new ASP.Net 5.

This returns correctly when run from Visual Studio, when I deploy it to the server it returns app pool identity:

string name = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;

This returns empty string:

string name = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name;

This have been dropped in bew ASP version:

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity

Any help much appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1254

Answers (3)

Anupam Yadav
Anupam Yadav

Reputation: 4563

What is the authentication mode are you using?

If you have following settings

  • Authentication Mode = Windows
  • Impersonation in application
  • Anonymous access disabled on IIS website

Then your code below should give "name" as domain\WinAccount Name

string name = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;

Upvotes: 1

Mattias Lindberg
Mattias Lindberg

Reputation: 2116

You get the app pool identity because that is the account with which your process executes. If you want the identity of the user making the call you need to use impersonation.

You can either add <identity impersonate="true" /> to web.config or you can avoid direct editing of web.config by using IIS Manager; select your web site, click Authentication and enable ASP.NET Impersonation.

Upvotes: 0

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 30618

You've not specified where you want to obtain this information, but from within a Controller it is available as User.Identity.Name:

public IActionResult Index()
{
    ViewData["Message"] = $"Hello, {User.Identity.Name}";
    return View();
}

This results in "Hello, Desktop-PC\User". You can also do this within a View.

Upvotes: 1

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