I am trying to retrieve the current user in my web application that uses ASP.NET Forms authentication.
However, System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name
returns domain\windowsUser, NOT the username that was used in the FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage
method.
I am using Forms authentication in my config file:
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="Views/Login.aspx" name=".ASPXFORMSAUTH" timeout="1" cookieless="UseUri">
</forms>
</authentication>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
I am also trying to follow Microsoft's walk through and retrieve the Authentication ticket using the following snippet:
if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
var ident = User.Identity as FormsIdentity;
if (ident != null)
{
FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = ident.Ticket;
var name = ticket.Name;
}
}
However, ident is always null because it's WindowsIdentity not FormsIdentity. What's wrong here? Thank you!