Retrieving the web user's username in a domain

[travisowens]

I'm in an intranet/Windows domain setup on Windows 2003 and IIS6 coding an ASP.Net 1.1 Intranet application.

I need to retrieve the currnet web viewer's username (as authorized by the domain) but cannot seem to retrieve it anywhere. I notice products like MS Sharpeoint 2003 knows the username with a user typing it in. How can I get the username, I have tried the following ways below and as you can see, I always end up getting the username the ASP.Net is running as.

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name:
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Name:
System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.UserName: NETWORK SERVICE

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

From within the ASP.Net application itself you should be able to use the user class to find out this info

label1.text = user.Identity.Name
label2.text = user.IsInRole("DOMAIN\Users")

 

[Arch4ngel]

Here is an answer

You'll have to refuse anonymous login to your app. And activate Domain Login by Basic or Digest (or anything...)

And activate Integrated Security. After that :

ntlogin = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name; //Format : DOMAIN\USERNAME
ntlogin = zcntlogin.Substring( zcntlogin.IndexOf(@"\")+1);//FORMAT : USERNAME

ntlogin = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name 'Format : DOMAIN\USERNAME
ntlogin = zcntlogin.Substring((zcntlogin.IndexOf("\") + 1)) 'Format: USERNAME

 

[travisowens]

using System.Security.Principal;
Response.Write("User.Identity.Name: "+ User.Identity.Name);

User.Identity.Name:

I get nothing in return.

 

[travisowens]

I get nothing when I try to access

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

 

[travisowens]

I GOT IT!

Ok I figured out why I never got the real username. I had to manage IIS, right click Web sites > Properties > Directory Security > Auth & Access Control EDIT
and then uncheck "enable anonymous acces"

I assumed IIS6 went from most secure to least secure ways to authorize, and figured anon would be last. It seems I was almast right, but anon comes first.

I can get the username in these parts of the framework:
User.Identity.Name
HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name

And will be using the 1st or 2nd.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Do you allow anonymous access via IIS? Also in your web.config what authentication settings are you using?

 

[travisowens]

PlausiblyDamp,

it seems you were on to my problem, although you posted your question just 2 minutes after I figured it out. Big thanks for trying to help, this is something that has been nagging me for 2 weeks and I've just been working around it. This post helped me 'get in the mood' for try all sorts of things.

 

[VBAHole22]

You'll have to refuse anonymous login to your app

I think Arch4ngel was trying to tell you that.

 

[Arch4ngel]

LOL

Exactly... but hey... who listen to my post ?

They are too lazy to scroll down lollll

Anyway... the answer is there... I can only show you the door. You'll have to open it yourself. (Quote from : Morpheus)