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

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
>
>
>

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]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote 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
> --
> Site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> UnBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
> Short urls & more: http://ittyurl.net
>
>
>
>
> "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
>>
>>
>>

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
>
>