IIdentity.Name Property

Gets the name of the current user.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Name As String
'Usage
Dim instance As IIdentity
Dim value As String

value = instance.Name

/** @property */
String get_Name ()

function get Name () : String

Not applicable.

Property Value

The name of the user on whose behalf the code is running.

The user name is passed to the common language runtime by the operating system or other authentication provider (such as ASP.NET).

Name is typically set to the empty string ("") for an unauthenticated entity, but can take other values.

Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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