Re: WindowsPrincipal.IsInRole() problem with non-builtin roles

From: Joe Kaplan \(MVP - ADSI\) (joseph.e.kaplan_at_removethis.accenture.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:29:04 -0500

When using Windows authentication in ASP.NET, the WindowsPrincipal for the
logged in user is in the HttpContext.User property, not the
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(). They are the same IF you are impersonating,
but otherwise they are not.

HTH,

Joe K.

"naijacoder naijacoder" <naijacoder@toughguy.net> wrote in message
news:urYFE4ljEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Can't get WindowsPrincipal.IsInRole() to work for me when using
> Windows Authentication. Here's a snippit of code from my C#
> codebehind page:
>
> WindowsPrincipal wp = new WindowsPrincipal(
> WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent() );
> lblUser.Text = wp.Identity.Name;
> Label1.Text = wp.IsInRole(@"DOMAIN\group").ToString();
>
>
> where "DOMAIN\group" is a valid group name. The username shows up
> correctly as "DOMAIN\username" but for any non-builtin roles,
> IsInRole() returns false. Does anyone have suggestions as to why this
> is not working?
>
>
>
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