How to get the current user in ASP NET MVC

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In a forms model  I used to get the current logged-in user by   Page CurrentUser   How do I get the current user inside a controller class in ASP NET MVC

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I use   Membership GetUser   UserName   I am not sure this will work in ASP NET MVC  but it s worth a shot

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In order to reference a user ID created using simple authentication built into ASP NET MVC 4 in a controller for filtering purposes  which is helpful if you are using database first and Entity Framework 5 to generate code-first bindings and your tables are structured so that a foreign key to the userID is used   you can use  WebSecurity CurrentUserId   once you add a using statement  using System Web Security

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In Asp net Mvc Identity 2 You can get the current user name by   var username   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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I found that User works  that is  User Identity Name or User IsInRole  Administrator

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We can use following code to get the current logged in User in ASP Net MVC   var user  System Web HttpContext Current User Identity GetUserName      Also   var userName   System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name    will give  Domain  UserName   Environment UserName - Will Display format    Username

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In Asp net Mvc Identity 2 You can get the current user name by   var username   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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Try HttpContext Current User      Public Shared Property Current   As   System Web HttpContext       Member of System Web HttpContext        Summary    Gets or sets the System Web HttpContext object for the current HTTP request         Return Values    The System Web HttpContext for the current   HTTP request

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I use   Membership GetUser   UserName   I am not sure this will work in ASP NET MVC  but it s worth a shot

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IPrincipal currentUser   HttpContext Current User  bool writeEnable   currentUser IsInRole  Administrator                                     currentUser IsInRole  Operator

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We can use following code to get the current logged in User in ASP Net MVC   var user  System Web HttpContext Current User Identity GetUserName      Also   var userName   System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name    will give  Domain  UserName   Environment UserName - Will Display format    Username

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In the IIS Manager  under Authentication  disable  1  Anonymous Authentication 2  Forms Authentication  Then add the following to your controller  to handle testing versus server deployment   string sUserName   null  string url   Request Url ToString     if  url Contains  localhost      sUserName   System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name  else   sUserName   User Identity Name

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In the IIS Manager  under Authentication  disable  1  Anonymous Authentication 2  Forms Authentication  Then add the following to your controller  to handle testing versus server deployment   string sUserName   null  string url   Request Url ToString     if  url Contains  localhost      sUserName   System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name  else   sUserName   User Identity Name

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var ticket   FormsAuthentication Decrypt                      HttpContext Current Request Cookies FormsAuthentication FormsCookieName  Value    if  ticket Expired        throw new InvalidOperationException  Ticket expired        IPrincipal user     System Security Principal IPrincipal  new RolePrincipal new FormsIdentity ticket

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Try HttpContext Current User      Public Shared Property Current   As   System Web HttpContext       Member of System Web HttpContext        Summary    Gets or sets the System Web HttpContext object for the current HTTP request         Return Values    The System Web HttpContext for the current   HTTP request

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Try HttpContext Current User      Public Shared Property Current   As   System Web HttpContext       Member of System Web HttpContext        Summary    Gets or sets the System Web HttpContext object for the current HTTP request         Return Values    The System Web HttpContext for the current   HTTP request

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getting logged in username  System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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You can get the name of the user in ASP NET MVC4 like this   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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For what it s worth  in ASP NET MVC 3 you can just use User which returns the user for the current request

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If you are inside your login page  in LoginUser LoggedIn event for instance  Current User Identity Name will return an empty value  so you have to use yourLoginControlName UserName property   MembershipUser u   Membership GetUser LoginUser UserName

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In order to reference a user ID created using simple authentication built into ASP NET MVC 4 in a controller for filtering purposes  which is helpful if you are using database first and Entity Framework 5 to generate code-first bindings and your tables are structured so that a foreign key to the userID is used   you can use  WebSecurity CurrentUserId   once you add a using statement  using System Web Security

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If you are inside your login page  in LoginUser LoggedIn event for instance  Current User Identity Name will return an empty value  so you have to use yourLoginControlName UserName property   MembershipUser u   Membership GetUser LoginUser UserName

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I found that User works  that is  User Identity Name or User IsInRole  Administrator

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If any one still reading this then  to access in cshtml file I used in following way   lt li gt Hello  User Identity Name lt  li gt

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If you need to get the user from within the controller  use the User property of Controller  If you need it from the view  I would populate what you specifically need in the ViewData  or you could just call User as I think it s a property of ViewPage

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Try HttpContext Current User      Public Shared Property Current   As   System Web HttpContext       Member of System Web HttpContext        Summary    Gets or sets the System Web HttpContext object for the current HTTP request         Return Values    The System Web HttpContext for the current   HTTP request

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I use   Membership GetUser   UserName   I am not sure this will work in ASP NET MVC  but it s worth a shot

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You can use following code   Request LogonUserIdentity Name

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getting logged in username  System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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This page could be what you looking for  Using Page User Identity Name in MVC3  You just need User Identity Name

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Use System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name   This will get the current logged-in Windows user

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If you need to get the user from within the controller  use the User property of Controller  If you need it from the view  I would populate what you specifically need in the ViewData  or you could just call User as I think it s a property of ViewPage

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I realize this is really old  but I m just getting started with ASP NET MVC  so I thought I d stick my two cents in    Request IsAuthenticated tells you if the user is authenticated  Page User Identity gives you the identity of the logged-in user

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UserName with    User Identity Name   But if you need to get just the ID  you can use   using Microsoft AspNet Identity    So  you can get directly the User ID   User Identity GetUserId

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You can get the name of the user in ASP NET MVC4 like this   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity Name

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I realize this is really old  but I m just getting started with ASP NET MVC  so I thought I d stick my two cents in    Request IsAuthenticated tells you if the user is authenticated  Page User Identity gives you the identity of the logged-in user

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Use System Security Principal WindowsIdentity GetCurrent   Name   This will get the current logged-in Windows user

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If you need to get the user from within the controller  use the User property of Controller  If you need it from the view  I would populate what you specifically need in the ViewData  or you could just call User as I think it s a property of ViewPage

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If any one still reading this then  to access in cshtml file I used in following way   lt li gt Hello  User Identity Name lt  li gt

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var ticket   FormsAuthentication Decrypt                      HttpContext Current Request Cookies FormsAuthentication FormsCookieName  Value    if  ticket Expired        throw new InvalidOperationException  Ticket expired        IPrincipal user     System Security Principal IPrincipal  new RolePrincipal new FormsIdentity ticket

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IPrincipal currentUser   HttpContext Current User  bool writeEnable   currentUser IsInRole  Administrator                                     currentUser IsInRole  Operator

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For what it s worth  in ASP NET MVC 3 you can just use User which returns the user for the current request

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This page could be what you looking for  Using Page User Identity Name in MVC3  You just need User Identity Name

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UserName with    User Identity Name   But if you need to get just the ID  you can use   using Microsoft AspNet Identity    So  you can get directly the User ID   User Identity GetUserId

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If you need to get the user from within the controller  use the User property of Controller  If you need it from the view  I would populate what you specifically need in the ViewData  or you could just call User as I think it s a property of ViewPage

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You can use following code   Request LogonUserIdentity Name

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If you happen to be working in Active Directory on an intranet  here are some tips    Windows Server 2012   Running anything that talks to AD on a web server requires a bunch of changes and patience  Since when running on a web server vs  local IIS IIS Express it runs in the AppPool s identity so  you have to set it up to impersonate whoever hits the site   How to get the current logged-in user in an active directory when your ASP NET MVC application is running on a web server inside the network      Find currently logged in user UserPrincipal adUser   null  using  HostingEnvironment Impersonate          var userContext   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity      PrincipalContext ctx   new PrincipalContext ContextType Domain  ConfigurationManager AppSettings  AllowedDomain    null                                                  ContextOptions Negotiate   ContextOptions SecureSocketLayer       adUser   UserPrincipal FindByIdentity ctx  userContext Name       Then work with  adUser  from here      You must wrap any calls having to do with  active directory context  in the following so it s acting as the hosting environment to get the AD information   using  HostingEnvironment Impersonate             You must also have impersonate set to true in your web config    lt system web gt       lt identity impersonate  true    gt    You must have Windows authentication on in web config    lt authentication mode  Windows    gt

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If you happen to be working in Active Directory on an intranet  here are some tips    Windows Server 2012   Running anything that talks to AD on a web server requires a bunch of changes and patience  Since when running on a web server vs  local IIS IIS Express it runs in the AppPool s identity so  you have to set it up to impersonate whoever hits the site   How to get the current logged-in user in an active directory when your ASP NET MVC application is running on a web server inside the network      Find currently logged in user UserPrincipal adUser   null  using  HostingEnvironment Impersonate          var userContext   System Web HttpContext Current User Identity      PrincipalContext ctx   new PrincipalContext ContextType Domain  ConfigurationManager AppSettings  AllowedDomain    null                                                  ContextOptions Negotiate   ContextOptions SecureSocketLayer       adUser   UserPrincipal FindByIdentity ctx  userContext Name       Then work with  adUser  from here      You must wrap any calls having to do with  active directory context  in the following so it s acting as the hosting environment to get the AD information   using  HostingEnvironment Impersonate             You must also have impersonate set to true in your web config    lt system web gt       lt identity impersonate  true    gt    You must have Windows authentication on in web config    lt authentication mode  Windows    gt

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I use   Membership GetUser   UserName   I am not sure this will work in ASP NET MVC  but it s worth a shot

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