Using - System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Name()

[ggeorgiou01]

Hi,

For tracing and other things I need to know the username of the user who is logged in to the pc on which (s)he is running my ASPX page.

I was using:
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Name()
But that provides me with: SERVERNAME\ASPNET

I was hoping for the windows login name of the user.

I am also using: <authentication mode="Windows" /> within the web.config file.

Thanks,

 

[Smeat]

As far as I know this is not possible because the server cannot read the principal of the client machine, only the server itself. Hence why you get SERVERNAME\ASPNET which is the account the aspx is running under.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong.

Smeat

 

[drctx]

Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_USER").ToString()