Forms Authentication - Storing and Retrieving User Names

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Using Forms Authentication, I am storing a cookie for each user if they mark Remember Me during login, using the following piece of code in the Login1_LoggedIn event.

if (rememberMe.Checked) FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(Login1.UserName, true);

When the user arrives on my page with a cookie, I need to get his/her user name so I can check their roles. Does the Forms Authentication cookie store this information, and how can I retrieve it?

David Glenn · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-01 15:39:45Z

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The string you parse to SetAuthCookie (Login1.UserName in your case) will be stored in the IPrincipal when the user accesses a page. You can access it using:

Page.User.Identity.Name

answered Oct 1, 2009 at 15:39

David Glenn

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Matthew Jones Over a year ago

The problem with this is that when I check for the cookie, the user is not logged in; therefore his identity is not established, and consequently I cannot use this code.

Matthew Jones Over a year ago

Haha. Ignore my last comment. Silly me for jumping to conclusions. +1 and Accepted for DaveG!.

David Glenn Over a year ago

It's also possible to store user roles in the authentication cookie itself and use Page.User.IsInRole("yourrole");

Kristoffer Deinoff · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-01 15:50:29Z

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Try

Page.User.Identity.Name

or

HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

answered Oct 1, 2009 at 15:50

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Matthew Jones Over a year ago

+1 cause this is correct, but DaveG beat ya so he gets accepted. Still, thanks!

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