Environment.UserName

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I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Patrice]

What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name instead ?

System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.coma écrit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
3C**********************************@microsoft.com...

I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

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Hello Patrice

Thanks for your reply. I tried this, but it gave me an empty string.

Any more ideas, please?

Regards
Helen
"Patrice" wrote:

What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name instead ?

System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.coma crit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
3C**********************************@microsoft.com...

I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Joergen Bech]

ASPNET is the default "user name" the ASP.Net process uses
to log into the IIS service.

Nothing to do with the user browsing your pages.

Regards,

Joergen Bech

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:55:01 -0700, Helen Trim
<He*******@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

>Hello Patrice

Thanks for your reply. I tried this, but it gave me an empty string.

Any more ideas, please?

Regards
Helen
"Patrice" wrote:

>What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name instead ?

System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.coma crit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
3C**********************************@microsoft.com...

I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Patrice]

So IsAuthenticated is false ? Do you have an auhtentication method in place
on your site ?

If not try :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.coma écrit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
9C**********************************@microsoft.com...

Hello Patrice

Thanks for your reply. I tried this, but it gave me an empty string.

Any more ideas, please?

Regards
Helen
"Patrice" wrote:

>What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name instead
?

System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.coma crit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
3C**********************************@microsoft.com...

I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to
run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Joe Duchtel]

Hello -

What about using Dim lUser =
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME")?

Joe

On Jun 4, 11:18*am, "Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote:

So IsAuthenticated is false ? Do you have an auhtentication method in place
on your site ?

If not try :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ver2003/Librar...

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <[e-mail] écrit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
[e-mail]...

Hello Patrice

Thanks for your reply. *I tried this, but it gave me an empty string.

Any more ideas, please?

Regards
Helen

"Patrice" wrote:

What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name instead
?

System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <[e-mail] crit dans le message
de groupe de discussion :
[e-mail]...
I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to
run
on
our intranet. *I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? *I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. *My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen- Hide quoted text -

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[Patrice]

Would be likely the same. Environment is not related with the web context
but with the server side process that runs ASP.NET...

Step 1 is to make sure an authentication method is actually configured.
Step 2 is then to get the user identity from System.web.HttpContext.User
(which is also exposed on web pages).

User authentication is dealt between the browser and IIS, it does not
necessarily have something to do with the identity that actually runs
ASP.NET processes server side...

--
Patrice
"Joe Duchtel" <du*****@gmail.coma écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion :
97**********************************...oglegroups.com...

Hello -

What about using Dim lUser =
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME")?

Joe

On Jun 4, 11:18 am, "Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/wrote:

>So IsAuthenticated is false ? Do you have an auhtentication method in
place
on your site ?

If not try :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ver2003/Librar...

--
Patrice

"Helen Trim" <[e-mail] écrit dans le
message
de groupe de discussion :
[e-mail]...

Hello Patrice

Thanks for your reply. I tried this, but it gave me an empty string.

Any more ideas, please?

Regards
Helen

"Patrice" wrote:

>What if you try System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name
instead
?

>System.Environment is rather related to the server side Windows
process
rather than to the IIS context for a web connexion....

>--
Patrice

>"Helen Trim" <[e-mail] crit dans le
message
de groupe de discussion :
[e-mail]...
I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to
run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason
why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Helen,

The user that is running a WebApplication is ASPNET.

A user that is using the WebApplication is in fact unknown on your
environment, it can be thousands. Normally this is handled by a logon
procedure where you set the user after the authentiated login in in a
session.

As you wish, you can avoid the next login procedure by using cookies.
However every user from the client computer even a malicious one can then
login on your application.

Cor

"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.comschreef in bericht
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>I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

Hello ,,,
The process is running in the server context ,,, however on a corporate
network you could use windows authentication and so determine wich user is
logged on to the website
"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.comschreef in bericht
news:3C**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

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Thanks for your advice, everyone. I found the answer by following the link
from Patrice. Turning off anonymous access in IIS solved the problem.

Regards
Helen

"Helen Trim" wrote:

I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

By switching of anonymous access you are actually using windows
authentication , note that unknown users from outside your known corporate
environment ( active directory ? ) cannot access the website unless you
activate some kind of authentication

regards

Michel
"Helen Trim" <He*******@discussions.microsoft.comschreef in bericht
news:4A**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for your advice, everyone. I found the answer by following the
link
from Patrice. Turning off anonymous access in IIS solved the problem.

Regards
Helen

"Helen Trim" wrote:

>I am developing a web application in Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1 to run
on
our intranet. I want to identify users to save them logging in.

The line:

UserName = Environment.UserName

is returning "ASPNET", instead of my user name.

I have read all the Help documentation, but I can't find any reason why
this
isn't working.

Am I missing a reference or import? I have added a reference to
System.Security.dll. My imports are:

Imports System

Imports System.Configuration

Imports System.Security.Principal

Imports System.Security.Permissions

Imports System.Threading

Thanks for your help,

Helen