Re: HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name & ServerVariable("LOGON_USE

From: Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor] (dbaier_at_pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com)
Date: 10/26/05

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    Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:37:22 -0700

    Hello Barry,

    who is logged on - and what does it return?

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    Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
    http://www.leastprivilege.com

    > I have an Intranet application that uses the
    > System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name to grab the
    > DOMAIN\USERNAME of the current user.
    >
    > SCENARIO:
    > The user logs into their machine with their id/password and
    > authenicates
    > against the domain. Fine. That works. However, when this user surfs
    > to my
    > Intranet application the Current.User.Identity.Name returns a
    > different
    > USERNAME than what was logged into the machine with.
    > While troubleshooting this issue, I found that when using the
    > SERVERVARIABLE("LOGON_USER") to get the DOMAIN\USERNAME, the correct
    > USERNAME is returned.
    >
    > Does anybody have an idea as to why the two would produce different
    > results?
    >
    > Thanks in advance. Barry
    >

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