Get system logged in username

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Hi,

I have developed an app which contains windows authentication.so it does not need any login.Directly it should fetch the system's username from which it has logged in.

I have used System.Environment.UserName which gives me correct username ,when i run at my localhost.
But when i upload it on iis it gives me "Network Services" as Username.

Priyanka.

Posted 12-Aug-12 23:26pm

RaoPriya

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Dylan Morley · Answer 1 · 2012-08-12T23:39:00

Solution 1

Environment.UserName [^] Gets the user name of the person who is currently logged on to the Windows operating system - it's the identification of the security credentials currently executing the code.

What you want is HttpContext.User[^] which will be the security credentials for the user executing the HTTP request.

Posted 12-Aug-12 23:39pm

Dylan Morley

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StianSandberg 13-Aug-12 5:51am

Correct 5'd

RaoPriya 17-Aug-12 0:47am

what i want is when user accesses the website from his/her machine then the username from which he has logged into his/her machine.In iis i have unchecked the anonymous users and ticked on windows integration in security settings. the o/p which i get is the username where the website is actually hosted from wherever(other machine) i access the website..

Dylan Morley 17-Aug-12 3:31am

Sure, so HttpContext.User is still what you will use to get the details.

Make sure that you set the authentication mode to Windows in your web.config as well - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647405.aspx

raju melveetilpurayil · Answer 2 · 2012-08-12T23:39:00

Solution 2

C#

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

Posted 12-Aug-12 23:39pm

raju melveetilpurayil

Jinu _George · Answer 3 · 2012-08-12T23:49:00

Solution 3

try...

C#

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

Posted 12-Aug-12 23:49pm

Jinu _George

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kk2014 16-Aug-12 9:01am

she had also tried it but it is not working....