CurrentContext with forms auth

Smokey Grindle

I am using forms authentication with a custom user database... I was
wondering, when logging in using forms auth, does the
HttpContext.Current.User return the forms logged in user or the AD user that
is running the web process in that situation? I am assumeing the forms
logged in user

Feb 5 '07 #1

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Forms user that was authenticated from your custom database, unless you are
doing Forms Auth against the Active Directory store.

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"Smokey Grindle" wrote:

I am using forms authentication with a custom user database... I was
wondering, when logging in using forms auth, does the
HttpContext.Current.User return the forms logged in user or the AD user that
is running the web process in that situation? I am assumeing the forms
logged in user

Feb 5 '07 #2

Smokey Grindle

nope, no ad, just against our custom user database.. so I can assume the
context will always be the forms logged in user, as long as there is no
impersination?

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pb*******@yahoo.yabbadabbadoo.comwrote in
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Forms user that was authenticated from your custom database, unless you
are
doing Forms Auth against the Active Directory store.

Peter
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Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
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"Smokey Grindle" wrote:

>I am using forms authentication with a custom user database... I was
wondering, when logging in using forms auth, does the
HttpContext.Current.User return the forms logged in user or the AD user
that
is running the web process in that situation? I am assumeing the forms
logged in user

Feb 5 '07 #3

bruce barker

asp.net separated the authenticated user and the thread identity.
Current.User is the user name from authentication, and does not need to
match the request Identity.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Smokey Grindle wrote:

I am using forms authentication with a custom user database... I was
wondering, when logging in using forms auth, does the
HttpContext.Current.User return the forms logged in user or the AD user that
is running the web process in that situation? I am assumeing the forms
logged in user

Feb 5 '07 #4